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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