on the phone
idiom
1
: using a telephone to talk to someone
Can you see who's at the door? I'm on the phone.
I was on the phone with my sister until late last night.
2
British
: connected to a telephone system
How many households aren't on the phone?
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Back to Hal, racing out of the conference room and banging on a window, demanding someone get his wife on the phone.
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
Justine spoke to her mother on the phone that night.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Smith's voice was so weak in those early days, that his old friend Mark Reardon, a talk show host in St. Louis, barely recognized Chris on the phone.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Contending teams in need of another receiver should be on the phone with the Jets right now.
—Jesse Reed, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 4 Nov. 2024
Justine spoke to her mother on the phone that night.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2024
Smith's voice was so weak in those early days, that his old friend Mark Reardon, a talk show host in St. Louis, barely recognized Chris on the phone.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2024
Contending teams in need of another receiver should be on the phone with the Jets right now.
—Jesse Reed, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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“On the phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20phone. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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