phone home in English

Forms: phones home [present, singular, third-person], phoning home [participle, present], phoned home [participle, past], phoned home [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} phone home (third-person singular simple present phones home, present participle phoning home, simple past and past participle phoned home)

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "phones home",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "phoning home",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "phoned home",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "To make a telephone call to one's home."
      ],
      "id": "en-phone_home-en-verb-b0IBFL6i",
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          "telephone call",
          "telephone call"
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          "home",
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        ]
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        "(intransitive, literally) To make a telephone call to one's home."
      ],
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    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The software phones home once a week to check for updates."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-phone_home-en-verb-GxghzdMS",
      "links": [
        [
          "remote",
          "remote"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, informal) To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Phoning home"
  ],
  "word": "phone home"
}

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        "To make a telephone call to one's home."
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        "(intransitive, literally) To make a telephone call to one's home."
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        {
          "text": "The software phones home once a week to check for updates."
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        "To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc."
      ],
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"phone home" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms