mail it in | Idiomator

Meaning: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically:seemail,‎it,‎in.; (idiomatic)To deliver aperformancewithoutcommitmentoreffort, withlacklusterresults.2008January 11, Bill Keveney, “Idoltries to get its groove back”, inUSA Today, page 1A:"I do think the judgesmailed it induring Season 6, relative to previous years," Welton says. "Simon needs to be nastier.[…]"2009January/February, Keith Bellows, “Go, But Go Green”, inNational Geographic, volume26, number 1, page22:So when you have to write two columns a week that are going to be read by a lot of people around the world, you can't justmail it in. You're thinking all the time.2010May 25, Joe Cowley, “Crunch time comes early; Sox 7 Indians 2; Peavy^s point: Next month is make or break”, inThe Chicago Sun-Times:Listen, we're notmailing it in, we're trying to get better.

Examples:

EN: If you'll just take that application home with you, fill it out and mail it in to us so we'll have all the details.
ES: Llévense el formulario y Io envían por correo.
EN: And then if he doesn't want to, we won't mail it in.
ES: Sí él no quiere, no enviaremos el suyo.
EN: At least I get the last word, even if I had to mail it in.
ES: Por lo menos, dije la última palabra aún cuando ésta fue por correo.
EN: Ha, we are to mail it in Canada with American stamps...?
ES: ¿Lo vas a enviar con estampillas de EE.UU.?
EN: I'll mail it in a couple of days along with one from me.
ES: La enviará en un par de días junto con una mía
EN: You can mail it in.
ES: Envíelo por correo.
EN: Sir, killing a gang member's only an $18 fine. Just mail it in.
ES: La multa por matar a un pandillero es de $18.
EN: You can mail it in or you can come by the station.
ES: Puedes mandarlo por correo o pasar por comisaría.
EN: And I think I just have enough time before ceremony to mail it in the box on the road.
ES: Y tengo el tiempo suficiente antes de la boda para enviarlo por el camino.
EN: Look, will you just trace this turtle again so I can mail it in?
ES: Mira ¿podrías solo copiar esta tortuga otra vez para poderla mandar por correo?
EN: We just opened up a Burger King in the middle of fucking McDonald's, except Ronald is this track-suit-wearing motherfucker named Bizarre with a last name that looks like an eye chart, ready to cut your dick off and mail it in four different directions.
ES: Acabamos de abrir un Burger King en el medio de un maldito Mc Donald's. Excepto por que Ronald usa ropa deportiva, tiene nombre extraño y un apellido muy complicado, y está listo para cortarte el pene y enviarlo a cuatro direcciones diferentes.
EN: Any changes before we mail it in? Please stop. I can't take it.
ES: ¿Algún cambio antes de mandarla?
EN: All right, you take that, fill it out, and mail it in.
ES: Bien, tome esto, complételo y envíelo por correo.
EN: Well, you can't be in the computer until you fill it out and mail it in.
ES: No puede aparecer en el sistema hasta que complete y envíe el formulario.
EN: So you fill out the 976, you mail it in to me and I will make sure you get an appointment.
ES: Complete el formulario 976, envíemelo y le daré una cita. Servicios de empleo

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