Hold the phone!

hold the phone

1. verb To remain on the telephone line until someone is available to converse. Please hold the phone while I see if Mrs. Smith is available. Yes, she's expecting your call. Please hold the phone while I connect you to her office. Look, I can't hold the phone all day. Tell Ed I'll talk to him tomorrow.

2. expression Wait; stop. Whoa, hold the phone—Jack and Jamie are dating now? Hold the phone, Rod thinks he has a solution. Hold the phone, you guys are seriously moving? What? When? Why?

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Hold the phone!

exclam. Wait just a minute! Just a minute! Hold the phone!

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