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Nina_Nia Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

American English

Hello,

What are the synonyms of the phrases 'to pick up the phone' and 'hang up the phone' in American English?

And which word is most common in American English; phone, telephone, or receiver?

Thanks
  

Top answer

-- Answer the phone, get the phone. Hang up the phone. -- phone.

  • -- Answer the phone, get the phone.
  • Hang up the phone.
  • -- phone.
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What are the synonyms of the phrases 'to pick up the phone' and 'hang up the phone' in American English?-- Answer the phone, get the phone. Hang up the phone.

And which word is most common in American English; phone, telephone, or receiver?-- phone.
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For "pick up the phone," you might hear the following: answer the phone, pick up, get the phone, the phone, answer it, someone get it, someone get the phone, someone pick up the phone, someone answer the phone.

For "hang up the phone," you might hear the following: hang up, end your call now.

For the most common name: phone.

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