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phone in

(PROGRAMME) phrasal verb with phone
 
/fəʊn/
 
US  /foʊn/ verb [I or T]

Definition

to phone a television or radio programme in order to express your opinion on a matter: Over three hundred people phoned in to complain.Communicating by telephone
(Definition of phone in (PROGRAMME) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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