phone ahead

verb

To make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.

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Meanings

verbphone ahead (third-person singular simple present phones ahead, present participle phoning ahead, simple past and past participle phoned ahead)

present singular third person phones ahead · participle present phoning ahead · participle past phoned ahead · past phoned ahead

  1. intransitiveTo make a phone call at a destination before arriving there to let people there know one is coming and to make suitable arrangements.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
call ahead
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APA

phone ahead. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phone%20ahead

MLA

“phone ahead.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phone%20ahead. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “phone ahead,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/phone%20ahead.

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