phone call

phone call (plural phone calls)

1. Clipping of telephone call.

   Hyponym: collect call

   A simple phone call would take care of it.

   In some situations, a phone call cuts through the clutter more efficiently than emails, IMs, or chat bots.

   • 1943, H. Lorna Bingham, The Lost Tribe, Sydney: Winn and Co., page 13, column 2:

     Then he put a trunk line phone call through to the nearest township and asked the Police to send someone out as soon as possible.

   • c. 1988, Peter W. Rodino, Jr. et al., Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair, page 646:

     On November 20, they had a phone call and later a meeting with others lasting at least 1 1/2 hours.