phone-in

[ fohn-in ]

/ ˈfoʊnˌɪn /

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noun, adjective

call in.

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Origin of phone-in

First recorded in 1965–70; noun, adj. use of verb phrase phone in

Words nearby phone-in

phone, phone book, phonecam, phonecard, phone hacking, phone-in, phone-jack, phonematic, phonematics, phoneme, phonemic

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How to use phone-in in a sentence

“We talked about the science the whole time the other day,” Krauss told The Daily Beast in a phone interview.
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He added, "I have not had this many phone calls since the shutdown of the government, truthfully."
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This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Now it can't open on my phone due to what appears to be software incompatibility.
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Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
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Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
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So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
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British Dictionary definitions for phone-in (1 of 2)

phone in

verb (adv)

(intr) to make a telephone call to deliver information (esp to a broadcasting studio or place of work)

(tr) slang to deliver (a performance) in a perfunctory manner

British Dictionary definitions for phone-in (2 of 2)

phone-in

noun

a radio or television programme in which listeners' or viewers' questions, comments, etc, are telephoned to the studio and broadcast live
(as modifier)a phone-in discussion

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