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held the phone

held the phone is the simple past and past participle of hold the phone.

Meaning of hold the phone

Verb

hold the phone (third-person singular simple present holds the phone, present participle holding the phone, simple past and past participle held the phone)

  1. To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection.
    • They asked me to hold the phone while they went to look up the answer.

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Questions about held the phone

What is held the phone the simple past and past participle of?
Held the phone is the simple past and past participle of hold the phone.

Words near held the phone in the dictionary

  1. held the aces
  2. held the book
  3. held the cards
  4. held the floor
  5. held the line
  6. held the phone
  7. held the purse strings
  8. held the reins
  9. held the ring
  10. held the road
  11. held the stage

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