make a phone call
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make a (phone) call — phrase to telephone someone Do you mind if I just make a quick phone call? Thesaurus: using a telephonehyponym Main entry: make … Useful english dictionary
phone call — UK US noun [C] ► COMMUNICATIONS an occasion when you use the phone: make a phone call »I just have to make a quick phone call before we leave. have/get a phone call »We had a phone call saying the package had arrived. a phone call to/from sb… … Financial and business terms
phone call — phone ,call noun count * an act of telephoning someone: make a phone call: Excuse me, I have to make a phone call. have/get/receive a phone call from someone: I ve just had a phone call from my brother … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
phone call — phone calls N COUNT If you make a phone call, you dial someone s phone number and speak to them by phone. Wait there for a minute. I have to make a phone call … English dictionary
phone call — noun a telephone connection (Freq. 1) she reported several anonymous calls he placed a phone call to London he heard the phone ringing but didn t want to take the call • Syn: ↑call, ↑telephone call • Derivationally … Useful english dictionary
phone call */ — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms phone call : singular phone call plural phone calls an act of telephoning someone make a phone call: Excuse me, I have to make a phone call. have/get/receive a phone call from someone: I ve just had a phone… … English dictionary
ˈphone ˌcall — noun [C] an act of telephoning someone Excuse me, I have to make a phone call.[/ex] … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
phone call — n when you speak to someone on the telephone = ↑call, telephone call ↑telephone call ▪ I need to make a quick phone call . ▪ I got a phone call from someone called Mike. ▪ obscene phone calls … Dictionary of contemporary English
Obscene phone call — An obscene phone call is an unsolicited telephone call where a person derives sexual pleasure by using sexual or foul language to an unknown person. Making obscene telephone calls for sexual pleasure is known as telephone scatologia and is… … Wikipedia
call/phone in sick — ◇ If you call/phone in sick, you make a phone call to your place of work to say you will not be working that day because you are sick. Two of the waiters called in sick, so we re very short staffed. • • • Main Entry: ↑sick … Useful english dictionary
call collect — (US ► COMMUNICATIONS to make a phone call that is paid for by the person who receives it: »To call collect from overseas, you need to reach an international operator. Main Entry: ↑call … Financial and business terms
