| 词组 | phone in |
| 释义 | phone in 1. phone in BrE to telephone a television or radio company in order to talk during a programme or give your opinions about something: ▪ When 'Brookside' showed Barry Grant kicking a dog, hundreds of viewers phoned in to complain. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call in, ↑ring in BrE phone-in/phone-in programme n C a radio or television programme in which people telephone the programme to give their opinions, or ask or answer questions: ▪ Julian is currently hosting his own phone-in programme, 'Intimate Contact With Julian Clary'. ▪ A gentleman from Peebles called our phone-in to ask for help with whitefly on his lettuces. 2. phone in to telephone an organization such as the police, a hospital, or your place or work in order to report or ask about something: ▪ Someone phoned in to the hospital to report the accident. ▪ A man called Dario Carella phoned in claiming to have seen one of the suspected terrorists. phone in sick (=telephone your company to say that you are ill and cannot come to work) ▪ I felt awful, so I phoned in sick and went straight to bed. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑call in, ↑ring in BrE |
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