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?

Examples of on the phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Prosecutors also alleged in an affidavit that Kearney and Read talked on the phone for more than 40 hours in 2023, and that Read shared information with Kearney about the case before it was made public. —Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024

Are lies more prevalent on text or email than on the phone or in person? —Christian B. Miller, CNN, 25 June 2024

In that nighttime photo, which accompanied an article critical of Fernández, he is seen talking on the phone at a distance through a window of his home on restricted Vatican grounds. —Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 24 June 2024

Residents walked by the police tape and orange markers, talking loudly on the phone about the shooting. —Ishani Desai, Sacramento Bee, 23 June 2024