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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