phone in (to someone or something)

phone in (to someone or something)
phone in (to someone or something)
to call in by telephone to a central person or central point. •

I will phone in to my secretary and report the change in schedule.

I have to phone in and report the changes.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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