I trained Dylan on how to work the phones.

Instead of investigating murders, he'd work the phones for half an hour and come back with a name.

The prime minister ignoring the issues of the day to work the phones in order to get this bill through the house.

They are mercilessly efficient: Out of an 8-hour day, agents can work the phones a staggering 7.2 hours.

He worked the phones, ordering shipments of relief supplies to Illinois, Los Angeles, London.

Alyssa Milano has worked the phones on behalf of Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum.

Putin and his foreign minister Sergei Lavrov have been issuing statements and working the phones.

Taking her own advice, Heat worked the phones, too.

Representatives from both sides will be desperately working the phones to secure votes in coming weeks.

You know I'll spend the whole day working the phones if you don't answer me honestly.

Aides said he worked the phones furiously.

I had to start working the phones.

Working the phones was intuitive for me.

The president worked the phones on Monday, talking to the leaders of Britain, France, Russia, Denmark and others.

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He relentlessly worked the phones to keep up on what company executives were saying and influential analysts were thinking.