over the phone

idiom

: by calling on the telephone
You can order a pizza over the phone.

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Sandy Amaral, the supervisor who had promised her daycare over the phone, came to the parking lot. Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025 The interviewer then would give us the address for another location, a training center where we were supposed to take classes in how to talk persuasively over the phone. Snigdha Poonam, The Dial, 28 Oct. 2025 Another scene in the preview also featured Kardashian’s mom, Kris Jenner, learning of her daughter’s diagnosis over the phone while in her car. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Oct. 2025 Yeah Yeahs drummer Brian Chase as E Street’s Max Weinberg, and label impresario Jimmy Iovine as himself (that’s Iovine’s real voice screaming at Jon Landau over the phone) are a treat for rock fans. Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for over the phone

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“Over the phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/over%20the%20phone. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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