单词 | to put the phone down |
释义 | > as lemmasto put the phone down 15. transitive. To replace (a telephone receiver), thereby ending a call. to put the phone down: to hang up (on a person). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > communicate with by telephone [verb (transitive)] > replace receiver to put down1904 cradle1956 1904 Perry (Iowa) Daily Chief 30 July He put down the receiver with a sigh of thankfulness and proceeded to figure out how much he was in the telephone company's debt. 1941 Q. Reynolds Wounded don't Cry xx. 244 ‘Yes, I've got it. Yes, East End Avenue. Right away.’ She put down the phone. 1970 ‘M. Carroll’ Bait v. 67 He put the phone down on me before I could say a word. 1979 K. M. Peyton Marion's Angels v. 77 Geoff put down the receiver and explained gloomily to Marion what was expected of them. 2000 H. Fielding in N. Hornby Speaking with Angel 139 She put the phone down on me for the first time ever in our lives and then I went for a bourbon. < as lemmas |
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