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slot

2 verb
     
slot2 past tense and past participle slotted, present participle slotting [intransitive,transitive always + adverb/preposition]
to go into a slot, or to put something in a slot
slot something into something
Mary slotted a cassette into the VCR.
slot into
Each length of board slots easily into the next.
All the wood parts come pre-cut so that they can be slotted together (=put together using slots).

slot in

phrasal verb
to fit something or someone into a plan, organization etc, or to fit in:
Stewart has slotted in well.
slot somebody/something ↔ in
We should be able to slot the meeting in before lunch.
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