to pick up the telephone
1pick up the phone — verb a) To pick up the receiver of a telephone. b) To answer an incoming telephone call. Syn: pick the phone up, pick up the telephone, pick up, answer the phone, answer Ant: hang up the phone, hang the phone up …
2Telephone — The telephone (from the el. τῆλε, tēle , far and φωνή, phōnē , voice ) is a telecommunications device that is used to transmit and receive sound (most commonly speech), usually two people conversing but occasionally three or more. It is one of… …
3The Mole (Australia season 4) — The Mole in Paradise Country of origin  Australia No. of episodes 10 Broadcast …
4pick up something — pick up (something) to answer the telephone. Her answering machine came on, and I yelled, Pick up, Marie! Pick up the phone! …
5pick up — (something) to answer the telephone. Her answering machine came on, and I yelled, Pick up, Marie! Pick up the phone! …
6The Fleetwoods — were a singing trio from Olympia, Washington, United States; formed in the late 1950s. They were responsible for the hit song Come Softly to Me . The song was originally called Come Softly , and the group was originally named Two Girls and a Guy …
7Telephone numbering plan — Area Code redirects here. For the song by Ludacris, see Area Codes (song). A telephone numbering plan is a type of numbering scheme used in telecommunications to allocate telephone numbers to subscribers and to route telephone calls in a… …
8Telephone booth — A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, (or telephone box in the British Isles) is a small structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user s convenience. Such a booth usually has a door to provide privacy and a window to let… …
9Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …
10Telephone tapping — Wiretap redirects here. For the radio program, see WireTap (radio program). Telephone tapping (also wire tapping or wiretapping in American English) is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means …
