pass the phone

verb

Said during a game in which a group of people expose something embarrassing about a person and passes the phone to that person.

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Meanings

verbpass the phone (third-person singular simple present passes the phone, present participle passing the phone, simple past and past participle passed the phone)

present singular third person passes the phone · participle present passing the phone · participle past passed the phone · past passed the phone

  1. InternetSaid during a game in which a group of people expose something embarrassing about a person and passes the phone to that person.

    I'm passing the phone to the annoying person whose only hobby is tossing me in the air fryer and shoving tissues down my throat whenever they feel like it.

    2024 June 24, skzlvrss._, Instagram
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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