Idiom
on the horn
Meaning
On the telephone.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She's on the horn with her mother right now.”
“The manager was on the horn for an hour, trying to sort out the delivery problem.”
“While the rest of us waited anxiously in silence, the lawyer was already on the horn, negotiating terms with the opposing counsel.”
Examples
simple
“She's on the horn with her mother right now.”
contextual
“The manager was on the horn for an hour, trying to sort out the delivery problem.”
complex
“While the rest of us waited anxiously in silence, the lawyer was already on the horn, negotiating terms with the opposing counsel.”
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