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blow up someone's phoneTo call or text someone constantly.Rate it:

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can I use your phoneIndicates that the speaker wants to communicate with someone via the interlocutor's telephone, if it is available.Rate it:

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dial it inTo give a lackluster, uninspired, or timid performance; to phone it in.Rate it:

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DNUInitialism of do not use : marking used to tag equipment or material that is not to be used.Rate it:

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drop a dimeTo make a phone call, usually means calling the pol to report another's activities.Rate it:

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e.t. phone homefamous line from the movie E.T. (Extra Terrestrial)Rate it:

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give a buzzto phone someoneRate it:

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ground outTo become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner.Rate it:

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hang upTo terminate a phone call.Rate it:

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have more chins than a Chinese phone bookTo be exceedingly fat, especially under the chin (as in a "double chin").Rate it:

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hold the phoneStop; wait; woah. What's this? Look at this!.Rate it:

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il y avait quatre pelés et un tonduThere were only a few people and those of no importance; Only the tag, rag, and bobtail were there.Rate it:

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map out my dayList tasks, phone-calls, errands, must-do's, for the day.Rate it:

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n'est-ce pasUsed to form tag questions.Rate it:

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new phone, who disAssertion that the recipient of a communication does not recognize the sender of the communication, implying that the sender is insignificant.Rate it:

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nice to almost meet youAn expression used upon first conversing with someone by phone, text, email, etc. when you can't say "Nice to meet you" because you haven't actually met in personAn expression used upon first conversing with someone by phone, text, email, etc. when you can't say "Nice to meet you" because you haven't actually met in person; a friendly and informal way of acknowledging that the encounter is not happening in person at the moment but might occur in the future. It is often used humorously or to convey a sense of anticipation.Rate it:

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phone inTo fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.Rate it:

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phone inTo make an unseemly, timid performance; to be restrained and timid when bold action is called for.Rate it:

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phone inTo deliver a message by telephone when etiquette demands the effort and respect conveyed by communication in person.Rate it:

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phone inTo make a telephone call to a broadcasting station, especially to participate in a program being aired.Rate it:

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phone it inTo fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.Rate it:

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phone it into make an unseemly timid performance; to be restrained and timid when bold action is called forRate it:

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phone it into choose to deliver a message by telephone when etiquette demands the effort and respect conveyed by in person communicationRate it:

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phone tagA situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.Rate it:

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phone upto phone, to contact by telephoneRate it:

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pick upTo answer a telephone. See pick up the phone.Rate it:

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put awayTo catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.Rate it:

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ring aroundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.Rate it:

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ring backTo make another phone call to the same person.Rate it:

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ring backTo return a phone call.Rate it:

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ring inTo make a phone call to one's usual place of work.Rate it:

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ring outTo make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.Rate it:

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ring roundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.Rate it:

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short codeA number of fewer digits than a telephone number, used as an abbreviated telephone number for use only when dialing from a cellular phone.Rate it:

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stranger on the phoneDr. Greshun De Bouse's brilliant true account of a present-day angel in female human form who uplifts and changes lives of countless downtrodden men whom have never seen her, via telephone through the power of Biblical scripture and the Holy Spirit.Rate it:

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tag alongTo accompany, join, or follow; to go with.Rate it:

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tag offTo hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface, in order to confirm the end of use or one's exit from the vehicle.Rate it:

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tag onTo hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface, in order to make a payment or gain access to the vehicle.Rate it:

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tag teamTwo or more people or groups acting alternately to accomplish some task.Rate it:

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tag upOf a baserunner, when a fly ball is hit, to put one's foot on the base one is currently at until the ball is caught. When the ball is caught, the baserunner may attempt to advance to the next base, at the risk of being tagged out.Rate it:

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telephone tagA situation in which a person unsuccessfully attempts to contact another person by telephone and leaves a message instead, and in which the second person then unsuccessfully attempts to return the initial call and leaves a message for the first person, and so on as if the two are playing a game of tag in which the most recent person to have been left with a message is now designated as "it" (i.e. as the player now obliged to chase the other and to attempt anew to make contact).Rate it:

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what is your phone numberAlternative form of what's your phone number?Rate it:

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what's your phone numberAsks the interlocutor to give his or her phone number for subsequent communication.Rate it:

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who's callingUsed by a phone-call receiver to ask the identity of the caller.Rate it:

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дай мне свой телефонwhat's your phone number?Rate it:

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дайте мне свой телефонwhat's your phone number?Rate it:

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какой у вас телефонwhat's your phone number?Rate it:

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какой у тебя телефонwhat's your phone number?Rate it:

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對不對used as a tag question: isn't it so?, right or wrong?, is it right?, OK, yes?Rate it:

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