phone in
phrasal verbphone in (especially British English)
- to make a phone call to the place where you work
- + adj. Three people have phoned in sick already this morning.
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- to make a phone call to a radio or television station
- Listeners are invited to phone in with their comments.
phone something in
- (especially British English) to make a phone call to the place where you work in order to give somebody some information
- I need you to phone the story in before five.