play phone tag



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play phone tag

To engage in a series of telephone calls with another person in which each time one party calls, the other is not available to answer. Hi Mary, just leaving you another message. We've been playing a bit of phone tag today, huh? Just give me a call back whenever you get this, thanks!
See also: phone, play, tag

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
NorwoodNAWR-wuwdEnglish
Senka-Serbian, Croatian
Agape-Greek, Ancient Greek
Vlado-Croatian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Patka-Polish, Slovak
AstaAHS-tah (Swedish, Norwegian)Swedish, Norwegian, Danish