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hotline
[hot-lahyn]
noun
Also hot line a direct telecommunications link enabling immediate communication between heads of state in an international crisis.
the hotline between Washington and Moscow.
Also hot line a telephone service enabling people to talk confidentially with someone about a personal problem or crisis.
The protective services system is anchored by a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week emergency hotline.
Also hot line a telephone line providing customers or clients with direct access to a company or professional service.
If you need assistance, feel free to chat with us through our online auto parts website or give our hotline a call.
Chiefly Canadian.a radio program to which listeners can phone in comments or questions.
The radio hotline features advice and insight from a range of bank spokespeople during tax season.
adjective
Chiefly Canadian.of or relating to a radio program to which listeners can phone in comments or questions.
hotline
/ ˈɒˌɪ /
noun
a direct telephone, teletype, or other communications link between heads of government, for emergency use
any such direct line kept for urgent use
Example Sentences
The Department of Homeland Security, ICE’s parent agency, released a poster on social media this week that depicts Uncle Sam urging people to call a hotline to “report all foreign invaders.”
They’re urging that anyone who gets arrested call their hotline, where they offer legal assistance.
Advocates and lawyers had arrived at the downtown store minutes after tips began to pop off at the hotline set up by the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network, a coalition of 300 volunteers and 23 labor unions and immigrant rights and social justice groups that was organized last year to respond to enforcement.
On Wednesday, tips about raids continued to pour in to the hotline as enforcement actions continued.
The immigration advocacy group operates a hotline and received several calls around 8 a.m. about sweeps.
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