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Amith Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

be on hold for a while

In between telephonic conversation, can we ask the other person "Please be on hold for a while" ??
  

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Can anybody please answer??
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You mean you're talking to someone on the phone, and you need to put them on hold?

I would say "I need to put you on hold [for a few minutes]. Is that OK?" or "I'm sorry, I have to put you on hold [for a little while]." or "Sorry, I need to put you on hold now", in order of decreasing politeness.
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In the States, when they are very busy, they say, "Can you hold?"
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Note that we say'(tele)phone call/conversation' rather than 'telephonic conversation'.
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