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Definition of on the phone
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?
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phoneplay
: a speech sound considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the sound system of a language
: telephone
: earphone
: telephone
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