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phones home

phones home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phone home.

Meaning of phone home

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, literally) To make a telephone call to one's home.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.
    • The software phones home once a week to check for updates.

Questions about phones home

What is phones home the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phones home is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phone home.

Words near phones home in the dictionary

  1. phoneputers
  2. phoner
  3. phoners
  4. phones
  5. phones ahead
  6. phones home
  7. phones in
  8. phones up
  9. phonescoping
  10. phonesex
  11. phonesful

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