on the phone

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on the phone

1. Currently using a telephone to talk to another person. Please be quiet! Can't you see I'm on the phone? I was on the phone for nearly three hours trying to get through to a customer service representative.

2. On the other end of a telephone call. Who was that on the phone? The guy on the phone said that our bank details had been compromised.

See also: on, phone

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get on the phone
be on the phone
be on the telephone/phone
call (one) on (something)
call on
be a great one for (doing something)
be a great one for something/for doing something
want (something) like (one wants) a hole in the head
mail (something) to (one)
mail to

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on the needle
on the never-never
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on the nose
on the off chance
on the off chance (that) (something happens)
on the off chance of (something)
on the off-chance
on the one hand
on the open market
on the order of
on the other hand
on the other side of (something)
on the outer
on the outs
on the outs (with one)
on the outs with someone
on the outside
on the outside chance
on the outside looking in
on the outside, looking in
on the pad
on the panel
on the part of
on the part of (someone)
on the phone
on the pig's back
on the pill
on the pitch
on the plus side
on the point of
on the point of (doing something)
on the point of doing
on the premises
on the prod
on the prowl
on the pull
on the Q.T.
on the QT
on the qui vive
on the quiet
on the rack
on the radar (screen)
on the rag
on the rails
on the rampage
on the raw
on the razor's edge
on the razzle
on the rebound
on the receiving end
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on the outside, looking in
on the pad
on the pad
on the pad
on the pad
on the pad
on the pad
on the panel
on the part
on the part
on the part
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on the part of
on the part of
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on the part of
on the part of
on the part of (someone)
on the part of her
on the part of him
on the part of me
on the part of one
on the part of them
on the part of us
on the part of you
On the Pause
on the payroll
on the phone
on the pig's back
on the pill
on the piss
on the piss
on the piss
on the pitch
on the plus side
on the plus-side
on the plusside
On the point
on the point of
on the point of (doing something)
on the point of doing
on the port tack
on the port tack
on the port tack
on the port tack
on the premises
On the print
on the prod
on the production of
on the production of something
on the prowl
on the prowl
on the prowl
on the prowl (for something)
on the prowl for
on the prowl for someone
on the prowl for something
on the pull
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