Usually means: Contacting base from remote location.
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  2. phone home: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phone home)

▸ verb:  (intransitive, literally) To make a telephone call to one's home.
▸ verb:  (intransitive, informal) To contact a remote service for instructions, identification, etc.

Similar:
phone up, phone, call, ring up, call in, ring in, put in, telephone, call up, dial up, more...

Opposite:
phone away, call out, make outgoing call

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Similar:
phone up, phone, call, ring up, call in, ring in, put in, telephone, call up, dial up, more...

Opposite:
phone away, call out, make outgoing call



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