The team had penciled in Morton as a key player this season.
I penciled you in for lunch next Thursday.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
pencil in — ˌpencil ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they pencil in he/she/it pencils in present participle pencilling in past tense … Useful english dictionary
pencil something in — pencil (someone/something) in to have a temporary plan to do something with someone. The team had penciled in Morton as a key player this season. I penciled you in for lunch next Thursday. Etymology: based on the idea that a pencil mark can… … New idioms dictionary
pencil in — pencil (someone/something) in to have a temporary plan to do something with someone. The team had penciled in Morton as a key player this season. I penciled you in for lunch next Thursday. Etymology: based on the idea that a pencil mark can… … New idioms 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
pencil pusher — pencil pushers N COUNT (disapproval) If you call someone a pencil pusher, you mean that their work consists of writing or dealing with documents, and does not seem very useful or important. [AM] ...the pencil pushers who decide the course of… … English dictionary
pencil pusher — pencil ,pusher noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who has an unimportant job in an office but uses a lot of paper writing reports. This word is often used to criticize someone or their job … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
pencil pusher — pencil .pusher n AmE someone who has a boring, unimportant job in an office … Dictionary of contemporary English
pencil — pen|cil1 [ pensl ] noun ** count a long thin object, usually made of wood, that you use for writing or drawing by pressing the black or colored part in its center against paper or some other surface: Your pencils need to be sharpened. a colored… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern 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 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
