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telephone call
noun
Related topics:
Telephone, Telegraph
telephone call
[
countable
]
TCT
when you speak to someone by telephone
:
There's a telephone call for you, Mr Baron.
have/get/receive a telephone call
I had a telephone call from George this morning.
Can I
make
a quick
telephone call
?
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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