English Explanatory Dictionary

pick up the phone

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call.
  2. To answer an incoming telephone call.

Word forms

pick up the phone picks up the phone picking up the phone picked up the phone

Antonyms

hang up

Related words

answering machine answering service give someone a bell give someone a ring
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