phone tag
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A long game of phone tag ensued with assistant reaching out to assistant ad infinitum until eventually Cooper was contacted and he happened to be nearby.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2023
Reports indicate the top tier of the FBI only learned of the attack already underway through a game of phone tag with staff in the building and a mutual friend acting as an intermediary.
From Slate • Jan. 22, 2021
After two frustrating weeks of phone tag that involved his mother and her actual landline, William is coming in to be screened for my study of bipolar disorder.
From Scientific American • Feb. 19, 2019
Inside his 1928 craftsman home overlooking Lake Washington, Kenny Mayne spent his final day of his latest visit to his native Northwest playing phone tag with a few suits at ESPN.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 23, 2017
We played phone tag, traded banter, and became friendly.
From New York Times • Oct. 4, 2011
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