Meanings
plural phone calls
- abbreviationclippingClipping of telephone call.
A simple phone call would take care of it.
3 more examples
In some situations, a phone call cuts through the clutter more efficiently than emails, IMs, or chat bots.
Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.
1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2On November 20, they had a phone call and later a meeting with others lasting at least 1 1/2 hours.
c. 1988, Peter W. Rodino, Jr. et al., Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, page 646
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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