hold the phone

interjection

stop; wait; whoa.

“Hold the phone! We've had this problem before, with the other machine.”

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Meanings

interjection
  1. idiomaticslangstop; wait; whoa.

    Hold the phone! We've had this problem before, with the other machine.

verbhold the phone (third-person singular simple present holds the phone, present participle holding the phone, simple past and past participle held the phone)

present singular third person holds the phone · participle present holding the phone · participle past held the phone · past held the phone

  1. To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection.

    They asked me to hold the phone while they went to look up the answer.

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APA

hold the phone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hold%20the%20phone

MLA

“hold the phone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hold%20the%20phone. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hold the phone,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hold%20the%20phone.

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