SINCE 1828
pencil in
phrasal verbDefinition of pencil in
: to put (someone or something that may be changed later) on a schedule, list, etc.
Would you like me to pencil you in for Thursday morning at 11?
—sometimes used figuratively He was penciled in as the director's replacement.
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