more person-to-person
sən adjective
1.
(of a long-distance telephone call) chargeable only upon speaking with a specified person at the number called: a person-to-person call to her brother in California. Compare station-to-station.
2.
involving personal or intimate contact between persons: person-to-person diplomacy; a disease contracted through person-to-person contacts.
adverb
3.
(in making a long-distance telephone call) to a specified person: I telephoned him person-to-person. Compare station-to-station.
4.
face-to-face; in person: They interviewed her person-to-person.
Origin:
1915–20
1915–20
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More person-to-person
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
WordNet
| person-to-person | |
adjective | |
| 1. | involving direct communication or contact between persons or parties; "a person-to-person interview"; "person-to-person telephone calls" |
adverb | |
| 1. | (of two persons) in direct encounter; "preferred to settle the matter one-on-one"; "interviewed her person-to-person" [syn: one-on-one] |
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