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Meaning of phone home | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To make a telephone call to one's home.
    intransitive, literally
  2. To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.
    informal, intransitive

Examples

“The software phones home once a week to check for updates.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

phone in phone up phone-banked phone-banking phone-banks phonebanked

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