Telephone Phrasal Verbs

*📱Telephone Phrasal Verbs📞*

*☎️"Break – up"*
Meaning: Become inaudible over the phone, usually because of a bad connection

E.g: “Sorry, could you repeat that, please? You’re breaking up”.

*☎️"Call for someone"*
Meaning: To telephone for someone or something

E.g: I’ll call for you at 7 o’clock.

*☎️"Call back"*
Meaning: To telephone someone again or to return a call

E.g: She said she’d call back.

*☎️"Call up"*
Meaning: Call someone on the phone

E.g: My dad called me up to tell me the bad news.

*☎️"Cut off"*
Meaning: When a telephone call finishes because of a bad connection
E.g: We were cut off in the middle of our conversation.

*☎️"Get through"*
Meaning: To be connected to a place by telephone

E.g: I finally got through to Tom on his mobile.

*☎️"Hang on"*
Meaning: Wait for a short time (informal)

E.g: Hang on – I’ll just see if he’s here.

*☎️"Hang up"*
Meaning: End a telephone call by putting the phone down

E.g: After I hung up I remembered what I’d wanted to say.

*☎️"Hold on"*
Meaning: Wait for a short time

E.g: Could you hold on a moment, please?

*☎️"Pick up"*
Meaning: Answer the telephone call

E.g: The phone rang and rang and nobody picked up.

*☎️"Put through"*
Meaning: Connect by phone

E.g: Could you put me through to the manager, please?

*☎️"Speak up"*
Meaning: Speak louder

E.g: Can you speak up a bit? It’s very noisy here.

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