phone home

English

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. (intransitive, informal) To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.

   The software phones home once a week to check for updates.

Anagrams

• home phone, homophene