phone home

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phone home

verb phones home · phoning home · phoned home

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

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@misc{phone_home_2026,
  title = {phone home},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/phone%20home},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}