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pencil in

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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 easily be removed or changed
See also: pencil


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Under the suspended pencil in his fingers lay other sheets of paper, blank--his sermon to be.
This Wakem was a pale, puny fellow, and it was quite clear he would not be able to play at anything worth speaking of; but he handled his pencil in an enviable manner, and was apparently making one thing after another without any trouble.
The policeman went on writing in his notebook; twice he put his pencil in his mouth, and once he dipped it in the treacle.
 
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