on the phone
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
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- 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