Earth to someone in English

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{
  "etymology_text": "Suggesting a control room on Earth communicating with a crew on a space mission.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "Earth to someone",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hello! ...Hello? Earth to Daniel!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to call the attention of a distracted person."
      ],
      "id": "en-Earth_to_someone-en-phrase-iIrsAEp~",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Used to call the attention of a distracted person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Earth to someone"
}

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{
  "etymology_text": "Suggesting a control room on Earth communicating with a crew on a space mission.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "phrase"
      },
      "expansion": "Earth to someone",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrases"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Hello! ...Hello? Earth to Daniel!"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to call the attention of a distracted person."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Used to call the attention of a distracted person."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "Earth to someone"
}

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"Earth to someone" meaning in English

Phrase