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phone ahead

phone ahead verb: to make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.

Verb

phone ahead (third-person singular simple present phones ahead, present participle phoning ahead, simple past and past participle phoned ahead)

  1. (intransitive) To make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.

Forms of phone ahead

third-person singular presentphones ahead
present participlephoning ahead
past participlephoned ahead
pastphoned ahead

Questions about phone ahead

What does phone ahead mean?
Phone ahead means to make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.
What part of speech is phone ahead?
Phone ahead is a verb.
What is the past tense of phone ahead?
The past tense of phone ahead is phoned ahead.

Words near phone ahead in the dictionary

  1. phonautograph
  2. phonautographic
  3. phonautographically
  4. phonautographs
  5. phone
  6. phone ahead
  7. phone bank
  8. phone banks
  9. phone book
  10. phone books
  11. phone booth

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