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Meanings of answer the phone in English

To respond to an incoming telephone call.

Usage of answer the phone in English
1
Since when do you answer the phone 'Aaron Tucker?' asked my wife.
A farewell to legs: an aaron tucker mystery
2
Well, if it's a wrong number why did you answer the phone?
White corridor
3
She didn't answer the phone no matter how many times he called.
Spiral
4
They are no longer obligated to answer the phone whenever you call.
Ebony
5
Yuko forbade Kathy to answer the phone when anyone called from Syria.
Zeitoun
6
They can even answer the phone and talk snotty to our creditors.
Nightingale's lament
7
There doesn't appear to be any requirement to answer the phone though.
News.com.au
8
Okay, maybe not fix you lunch...but answer the phone, answer the door.
God's gift
9
The administrative secretary hurried back to her desk to answer the phone.
Exposure
10
Don't answer the phone like a solicitous teenager working at a mall.
Wired
11
But he knew that if he didn't answer the phone Sara would.
Before you know kindness
12
They don't answer the phone when they're sitting right next to it.
For whom the minivan rolls: an aaron tucker mystery
13
Over the heads of the crowd, she saw Stub answer the phone.
Rain gods
14
These days, if I'm drunk, I don't answer the phone at all.
News.com.au
15
Because what he was gonna do, he was gonna answer the phone.
The new yorker
16
Of course she didn't answer the phone, she never does when she's working.
The wrong venus
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Answer the phone through the time
Answer the phone across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common