VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Hold the Phone

Meaning:

Wait a moment (whether you’re on the phone or not)

Examples:

  • All right, wait a minute, hold the phone.
  • Hold the phone, I know that fella.
  • Well, it would have been difficult for him to hold the phone.
  • Let me hold the phone so she can hear you.
  • The belt was designed to hold the phone.
  • If you want to hold the phone up, fine.
  • Just stand there and hold the phone.
  • How about you hold the phone up to your ear?
  • Hold the phone up to her ear so I can talk to her.
  • We need to pay money to hold the phone?