What number are you calling?
What number are you calling?
What telephone number are you trying to reach? (Used especially when one suspects that a caller has made a mistake.) A: "Hi, may I speak to Jordan, please?" B: "There's no Jordan here. What number are you calling?" A: "555-5757?" B: "Ah, there's the problem. This is 555-5775." What number are you calling to get through to their customer support team? You want to be sure to call the one that starts with 1-800.
See also: number, what
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
What number are you calling?
an expression used when one suspects that a telephone caller may have gotten the wrong number. Bob (on the telephone): Hello? Mary: Hello, is Sally there? Bob: Uh, what number are you calling? Mary: I guess I have the wrong number. Sorry. Bob: No problem. Good-bye. When the receptionist asked, "What number are you calling?" I realized I had made a mistake.
See also: number, what
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- a number of
- a number of (something)
- number of things or people
- number off
- any number of
- digit
- double-deuces
- do a number on, to
- so many
- so much/many