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phone up

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phone someone up

to call someone on the telephone. I don't know what he will do. I will phone him up and ask him. Phone up your brother and ask his advice.

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phone up

v.

To telephone someone or something: I didn't understand the contract, so I phoned up my lawyer for help. She told her client that she would phone him up after lunch to review what they had discussed.

See also: phone, up