"hold the phone" meaning in All languages combined

See hold the phone on Wiktionary

Interjection [English]

Audio: En-au-hold the phone.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-interj}} hold the phone
  1. (slang, idiomatic) stop; wait; whoa. Tags: idiomatic, slang
    Sense id: en-hold_the_phone-en-intj-uKZBqRbB

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-hold the phone.ogg [Australia] Forms: holds the phone [present, singular, third-person], holding the phone [participle, present], held the phone [participle, past], held the phone [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hold<,,held> the phone}} hold the phone (third-person singular simple present holds the phone, present participle holding the phone, simple past and past participle held the phone)
  1. To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection. Related terms: hold the line
    Sense id: en-hold_the_phone-en-verb-MiN65y~K Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72

Download JSON data for hold the phone meaning in All languages combined (2.3kB)

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