on the phone

phrase

1

: using a telephone to talk to someone

Can you see who's at the door? I'm on the phone.

I was on the phone with my sister until late last night.

2

British : connected to a telephone system

How many households aren't on the phone?

Examples of on the phone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jenna Ziviani, a constable at the police station, helped deliver Lyla while receiving guidance from an ambulance officer on the phone. — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 14 Aug. 2026

His wife, Linsey, found him in the garage, moments after talking with her husband on the phone while arriving at their Boise home. — Pj Green august 13, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026

But Google's hardware pitch leans just as heavily on Gemini Intelligence — a suite of artificial intelligence features designed to understand what a user is doing on the phone and take action across different apps. — Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026

The person who is supposed to be a patient's first human contact spends the whole visit on the phone. — Deepika Bodapati, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for on the phone

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