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on the phone

on the phone prepositional phrase: talking to someone using a telephone; Synonym of on the telephone.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Talking to someone using a telephone; Synonym of on the telephone.
  2. (UK, dated) Connected to a telephone system or having a landline telephone in one's home.

Questions about on the phone

What does on the phone mean?
On the phone means talking to someone using a telephone; Synonym of on the telephone.
What part of speech is on the phone?
On the phone is a prepositional phrase.

Words near on the phone in the dictionary

  1. on the pad
  2. on the panel
  3. on the part of
  4. on the pat and mick
  5. on the pdq
  6. on the phone
  7. on the pill
  8. on the piss
  9. on the plus side
  10. on the point of
  11. on the premises

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