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on the telephone

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

Prepositional phrase

  1. Talking to someone using a telephone; Synonym of on the phone.
  2. (UK, dated) Connected to a telephone system.

Questions about on the telephone

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

Words near on the telephone in the dictionary

  1. on the table
  2. on the tack
  3. on the take
  4. on the tap
  5. on the tapis
  6. on the telephone
  7. on the tenterhooks
  8. on the tenters
  9. on the tiles
  10. on the tip of one's tongue
  11. on the tools

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