mail it in
v. phr.— «We have Bayside, where alert and caring clerks deliver honest, knowledgeable, efficient, thorough service with good humor, instead of “just mailing it in,” as they say in sports.» —“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of bulk mail” by Barry Blake Times-Standard (Eureka, California) Jan. 12, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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