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

Specialists on the phone with their clients kept their paddles in the air as the bids inched higher and higher. — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 21 Aug. 2026

The victim was on the phone with her sister, recounting the run-in with her ex’s relatives, when the shots rang out, the chief said. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 20 Aug. 2026

Rajab survived the initial fire and pleaded on the phone for hours with Palestinian paramedics to come rescue her. — Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Soon after, the two men spoke on the phone, one of them a teenager, the other already a rising figure inside Israeli military intelligence. — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 19 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for on the phone

• acetone
• anglophone
• baritone
• bourguignon
• buspirone
• chaperon
• chaperone
• cobblestone
• collarbone
• cornerstone
• cortisone
• dictaphone