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

Goodwin was on the phone with a lawyer whom Kanarek had retained the previous day. — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Hosts Katie Couric and Matt Lauer were on the phone, talking with witnesses in Manhattan who were breathlessly describing how a jumbo jet had just flown into the second building. — Donna Vickroy, Chicago Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026

Elvia Gómez Troya didn’t spend her summers on the phone or at a movie theater with friends. — Sofia Zarran, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

Keeley went back Roy’s room to put Jenni on the phone with her brother. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for on the phone

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