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Definitions

phone

[fohn] / foʊn /
VERB
telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

Example Sentences

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Passengers had just boarded an early Monday morning Etihad flight from Abu Dhabi to London when a wave of phone missile alerts swept the cabin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

It is believed the fire started after a row about a mobile phone.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

“Pakistan was wandering in the geopolitical wilderness after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan,” Elizabeth Threlkeld, a Pakistan expert at the Stimson Center, says in a phone interview.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said the couple were "free at last" and that he spoke with them on the phone.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

I check my phone and find two messages from Dad and my stomach turns its usual cartwheel.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam