Meaning of mail it in | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mail, it, in.
2. To deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results.
   idiomatic

Equivalents

Examples

“"I do think the judges mailed it in during Season 6, relative to previous years," Welton says. "Simon needs to be nastier. […]"”

“So when you have to write two columns a week that are going to be read by a lot of people around the world, you can't just mail it in. You're thinking all the time.”

“Listen, we're not mailing it in, we're trying to get better.”

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