collect call
Example Sentences
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“Here it is like 10 o’clock at night, who’s answering the phone? A collect call at that?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2020
At the beginning of “The Rain People,” Natalie makes a collect call to her husband from the Pennsylvania Turnpike, saying she has to get away.
From Washington Post • Mar. 2, 2017
In particular, he said a collect call McCullough made from the Rockford post office on the night when Maria disappeared showed that it would have been impossible for McCullough to have abducted the girl.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 5, 2016
Each time you click a streaming radio channel, or download a podcast, it’s as though you’re making a collect call.
From Slate • Dec. 14, 2014
“I have a collect call from Lily Owens,” the operator said.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
