hotline
[hot-lahyn]
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- Chiefly Canadian. of or relating to a radio program that receives telephone calls from listeners on the air.
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Origin of hotline
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Hotline shows you something very moving about watching a teacher patiently explaining a math problem down the phone.
Roberta Valente, a consultant who works with the Hotline, said laws are struggling to keep up with the changing digital landscape.
His hotline settles the question about where shame belongs in religious communities.
They have to rely on a hotline to accept calls with tips or claims from other countries.
Calls immediately began increasing at the hotline—and Villegas realized the power of awareness.
hotline
- a direct telephone, teletype, or other communications link between heads of government, for emergency use
- any such direct line kept for urgent use
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