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get on the line

VERB

phone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call up contact dial

STRONG

buzz call ring

WEAK

get back to get on the horn get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

VERB

telephone

Synonyms

STRONGEST

call up contact dial phone

STRONG

buzz call ring

WEAK

get back to get on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through ring up touch base with

Example Sentences

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I pleaded with anyone I could get on the line.

From Salon • Aug. 17, 2025

Cuadra asked the rep why it took so long to get on the line.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2021

Back at Carlos Murphy’s, at the start of her career, she just wanted to get on the line — to move up to making hot food.

From Seattle Times • May 10, 2017

An hour before the game, Scully would get on the line and gave Jarrín details about the weather and the crowd and what the Dodgers players and coaches had said that day.

From The Guardian • Sep. 15, 2016

If only he would hurry up and get on the line!

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

get on the line

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