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the line is busy

the line is busy phrase: indicates that the telephone line is busy.

Phrase

the line is busy

  1. Indicates that the telephone line is busy.

Questions about the line is busy

What does the line is busy mean?
The line is busy means indicates that the telephone line is busy.
What part of speech is the line is busy?
The line is busy is a phrase.

Words near the line is busy in the dictionary

  1. The Lick
  2. the life out of
  3. the lights are on but no one's home
  4. the lights are on but nobody's home
  5. the lights are on, but nobody's home
  6. the line is busy
  7. the living daylights out of
  8. the living shit out of
  9. the long and short
  10. the long and the short
  11. the long way around the barn

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