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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The prosecutor was talking to someone on the phone.
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Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
So Kurt got to work, spending hours on the phone booking Julia’s flights and arranging escorts through the airlines for Julia on each leg of her travel, which would take her from São Tomé to Lisbon, Lisbon to Toronto, and Toronto to San Francisco.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
The tennis icon shared a brief peek into a day in her busy life — via a hilarious video posted to Instagram in which she is seen conducting business on the phone while lying down on a dining room table.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Jamie's freakout reaches new levels when Atwood, who was the only link to the assassins, is shot dead in her car, while Jamie is on the phone with her.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Lee Chang-Dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
So Kurt got to work, spending hours on the phone booking Julia’s flights and arranging escorts through the airlines for Julia on each leg of her travel, which would take her from São Tomé to Lisbon, Lisbon to Toronto, and Toronto to San Francisco.
—Bridget Read, Curbed, 18 Dec. 2024
The tennis icon shared a brief peek into a day in her busy life — via a hilarious video posted to Instagram in which she is seen conducting business on the phone while lying down on a dining room table.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
Jamie's freakout reaches new levels when Atwood, who was the only link to the assassins, is shot dead in her car, while Jamie is on the phone with her.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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“On the phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20phone. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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