Definition of the horn
US slang
: the telephone
When he heard there was trouble, he got on the horn to the police.
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“The horn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20horn. Accessed 28 Sep. 2021.
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