over the phone

idiom

: by calling on the telephone
You can order a pizza over the phone.

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Ogburn began meeting with patients behind closed doors and instructing his residents not to offer counselling over the phone. Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024 This could be done over a video call or even over the phone. Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024 But just as the lovers are making up over the phone, the assassins find Sarah and riddle her with bullets in her car, treating her like a loose end. Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Nov. 2024 Nothing like Jamie hearing his love interest get murdered over the phone and only worrying that it might be connected to him. William Earl, Variety, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for over the phone 

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“Over the phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20phone. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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