- ˌpencil sb/sth ˈin
- phrasal verb
to decide or arrange something that may have to be changed laterThe meeting has been pencilled in for next Friday.[/ex]
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ˌpencil sb/sth ˈin
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pencil sb/sth in — UK US pencil sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with pencil({{}}/ˈpensəl/ verb (UK ll , US l ) ► to make an arrangement with someone to do something knowing that the time or date may need to be changed: »Let s pencil a meeting in for next Thursday at 11 … Financial and business terms
pencil — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ blunt, sharp ▪ soft ▪ sharpened ▪ stubby ▪ broken ▪ … Collocations dictionary
pencil sth in — UK US pencil sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with pencil({{}}/ˈpensəl/ verb (UK ll , US l ) ► to make an arrangement with someone to do something knowing that the time or date may need to be changed: »Let s pencil a meeting in for next Thursday at 11 … Financial and business terms
pencil — pen|cil1 S2 [ˈpensəl] n [U and C] ↑lead [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: pincel paintbrush , from Latin penicillus little tail , from penis; PENIS] an instrument that you use for writing or drawing, consisting of a wooden stick with a thin … Dictionary of contemporary English
pencil — 1 noun (C, U) 1 a narrow pointed wooden instrument, used for writing or drawing, containing a thin stick of a black or coloured substance: written in pencil | drawn with a pencil | a pencil sketch 2 a pencil of light a narrow beam of light… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
pencil*/*/ — [ˈpens(ə)l] noun [C] I a long thin wooden object that you use for writing or drawing a coloured pencil[/ex] II (present participle pencilling; past tense and past participle pencilled) verb [T] pencil [ˈpens(ə)l] to write or draw something with a … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
pencil sb in — UK US pencil sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with pencil({{}}/ˈpensəl/ verb (UK ll , US l ) ► to make an arrangement with someone to do something knowing that the time or date may need to be changed: »Let s pencil a meeting in for next Thursday at 11 … Financial and business terms
pencil somebody in — ˌpencil sth/sbˈin derived to write down sb s name or details of an arrangement with them that you know might have to be changed later • We ve pencilled in a meeting for Tuesday afternoon. • Shall I pencil you in for Friday? (= for a meeting) • He … Useful english dictionary
pencil something in — 1) fill in an area or shape with pencil strokes a lot of the outlines had been penciled in 2) arrange, forecast, or note down something provisionally or tentatively May 15 was penciled in as the date for the meeting ■ pencil someone in make a… … Useful english dictionary
ink sb/sth in — UK US ink sb/sth in Phrasal Verb with ink({{}}/ɪŋk/ verb [T] ► to decide when an action, meeting, etc. will happen, or when someone will do something: »The company has a 30 million pound investment inked in for next year. → See also PENCIL SB/STH … Financial and business terms
