Dog
idiom Slang
Cockney rhyming slang · East London
phone
via dog and bone
- 01
hold the phone
stop; wait; whoa.
- 02
phone in
To fulfill a responsibility with a minimum effort rather than the appropriate level of effort.
- 03
phone tag
A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.