over the phone

idiom

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

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Never give out personal information over the phone or text. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 7 Mar. 2025 Hang Up: Don’t engage with the caller or provide any personal or financial information over the phone. Tiffani Jackson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025 The findings, the result of interviews and responses from nearly 1,700 Americans adults collected online, by text and over the phone from Feb. 24-26, come a day before Trump is set to deliver an address to a joint session of Congress. Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 3 Mar. 2025 In terms of support, Zoho Books offers three main ways customers can get help: email, online chat or over the phone. Jasmin Suknanan, CNBC, 27 Feb. 2025 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 13 Mar. 2025.

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