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phone something in
do something without effort
To do a task with very little effort, care, or enthusiasm.
Hear it in real life
Did you enjoy the play?
Not really; the lead actor seemed to phone it in.
She completely phoned in her presentation, so nobody stayed interested.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: He phoned in to his presentation.
Say: He phoned in his presentation.
Use phone in something when you mean doing it carelessly; phone in to means joining a call by telephone.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
phone something in; phone it in; phoned in something
Your turn: say it out loud
She completely phoned in her presentation, so nobody stayed interested.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
phone something in
do something without effort
“She completely phoned in her presentation, so nobody stayed interested.”
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