mail it in
v. phr.— «It didn’t take long to figure out that she was mailing it in, and hadn’t lifted a finger to do research for quite some time.» —by Andy Kessler Wall Street Meat Jan. 1, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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