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phone-ins

phone-ins is the plural of phone-in.

Meaning of phone-in

Noun

phone-in (plural phone-ins)

  1. A show requiring members of the public to telephone the studio.
  2. A protest in which a large number of calls are made to the target.
    • In another demonstration against the broadcast, members of GLAAD participated in a weeklong phone-in protest to the local PBS affiliate and were told a rebroadcast of the film scheduled for March 29 had been canceled.1986 April 5, Bruce Michael Gelbert, “PBS Runs Anti-Black, Anti-Gay AIDS Show”, in Gay Community News, page 3

Questions about phone-ins

What is phone-ins the plural of?
Phone-ins is the plural of phone-in.

Words near phone-ins in the dictionary

  1. phone-boxes
  2. phone-free
  3. phone-in
  4. phone-in show
  5. phone-in shows
  6. phone-ins
  7. phone-out
  8. phone-outs
  9. phone-sex
  10. phoneaholic
  11. phonebank

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