mail it in
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mail it in
verb mails it in · mailing it in · mailed it in
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To deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results.
"I do think the judges mailed it in during Season 6, relative to previous years," Welton says. "Simon needs to be nastier. […]"
Similar: phone it in
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mail, it, in.
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verb to deliver a performance without commitment or effort, with lackluster results
| Español | ser mediocre |
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