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phone call en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of telephone call.
    • On November 20, they had a phone call and later a meeting with others lasting at least 1 1/2 hours. c. 1988, Peter W. Rodino, Jr. et al., Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, page 646:
    • In some situations, a phone call cuts through the clutter more efficiently than emails, IMs, or chat bots.
    • A simple phone call would take care of it.
    • Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible. 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:

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Relateds

phone number · phone line · phone tree