on the phone

idiom

: 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.

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 Analysts say the success of the launch will depend, in part, on the phone’s pricing and availability. —

Juliana Liu, CNN, 10 Sep. 2024 Per the Miami Herald, Hill is heard telling Drew Brooks, the Miami Dolphins' director of team security, on the phone that he is getting arrested. —

Sommer Brugal, Axios, 10 Sep. 2024 Talk to my mom on the phone for half an hour and calm her down about her own doctor’s appointment today. —

R29 Team, refinery29.com, 9 Sep. 2024 Walt Ehmer, president and CEO of Waffle House, speaks on the phone after landing at the Wilmington airport with an emergency response team in Wilmington, N.C., Sept. 17, 2018. —

CBS News, 9 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for on the phone

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