Synonyms for pick up the phone
pick up the phone

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1. pick up the phoneverb

   Synonyms:
   pick up, pick the phone up, pick up the telephone, answer, answer the phone

   Antonyms:
   hang the phone up, hang up, hang up the phone

2. pick up the phoneverb

   To pick up the receiver of a telephone.

   Synonyms:
   answer the phone, pick up the telephone, pick up, pick the phone up, answer

   Antonyms:
   hang up the phone, hang up, hang the phone up

3. pick up the phoneverb

   To answer an incoming telephone call.

   Synonyms:
   answer, answer the phone, pick up, pick up the telephone, pick the phone up

   Antonyms:
   hang up the phone, hang the phone up, hang up

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1. Superintendent Eddie Johnson late Monday:

   Here’s what’s even more disturbing, more than the fact that they did this, there were so many people that saw it and didn’t pick up the phone to dial 911, that’s not right. It’s just not right.

2. John McCain:

   I have no reason to believe that the charge is true, but I also believe that the President of the United States could clear this up in a minute, all he has to do is pick up the phone, call the director of the CIA, director of national intelligence and say, 'OK, what happened?'.

3. Heidi Cruz:

   That's not something I've done in my professional career. So that was a switch for me to pick up the phone and say, 'Hi, I'm Heidi Cruz, Ted's wife.' I used to have my own identity. But that is something that I am happy to do because I know how talented Ted is and I know what he can do for this country.

4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   When our team and most importantly when the president determines that it would advance our interests to have a conversation with President Putin, then he'll pick up the phone and try to set up that call.

5. Dan Moriarty:

   It’s replacing calling the front desk for that subset of guests, we don’t want to pick up the phone and wait for the front desk; we want to tweet and get on with our lives.