phone

verb

Definition of phonenext
as in to dial
to make a telephone call to she phoned her friend to invite her over for dinner

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“Phone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/phone. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.

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