phone home en · VERB
Meanings
- (intransitive, literally) To make a telephone call to one's home.
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(informal, intransitive) To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.
The software phones home once a week to check for updates.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| phoned home | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| phoned home | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| phoning home | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| phones home | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |