pencil sth/sb in
— phrasal verb with pencil uk/ˈpen.səl/us/ˈpen.səl/verb [ T ] -ll- or US usually -l-
to arrange for something to happen or for someone to do something on a particular date or occasion, knowing that the arrangement might be changed later:
We'll pencil in the dates for the next two meetings and confirm them later.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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