phone tag

noun

1. telephone tag.

Example Sentences

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

Grant Wagman, who was referred to Synergia through Cascade Medical, was charged by the company for missed appointments even though he said Synergia repeatedly failed to send login information for his appointments, forcing him to play a similar game of phone tag as Velez.

From Seattle Times

Redford flew to Washington, where Woodward admitted that he had suspected the entire game of phone tag had been a hoax; he also informed the actor that he and Bernstein couldn’t possibly consider a movie because they were under contract to write a book.

From Washington Post

Essentially, it streamlines what could be an onerous process of phone tag.

From Slate

Though Ms. Singh could have called the associate she was working with, she was reluctant to play phone tag on a question she needed answered quickly.

From New York Times