🗓️ Idiom: Play Phone Tag (v)
💬 Meaning
- To repeatedly try to call someone on the phone without successfully reaching them, often because both parties keep missing each other.
- To struggle to connect with someone by phone due to bad timing.
🧠 Example Sentences
- I’ve been playing phone tag with the supplier all week.
- Let’s schedule a call so we don’t end up playing phone tag again.
- After two days of phone tag, I finally got through to the marketing director.
📝 Practice Exercises
1. Fill in the blank:
We’ve been __________ all day. Let’s just set a meeting time.
Answer
playing phone tag
2. Choose the correct meaning of “to play phone tag”:
A) To ignore someone’s phone calls
B) To speak to someone briefly on the phone
C) To keep missing each other when trying to call
Answer
C) To keep missing each other when trying to call
3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:
“We’ve both tried calling several times, but haven’t spoken yet.” → Change the sentence using: play phone tag
Answer
We’ve been playing phone tag and still haven’t spoken.
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