phone tag
A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone…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.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic, uncountable)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.
Origin
phone + tag (children's game)phone + tag (children's game)
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable