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Office & Administration vocabulary · Phone Calls & Etiquette

Hang up

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

phrasal verbCore term

In office & administration, hang up means: To end a phone call by putting the phone down or pressing the button that ends the call.

In Turkish: telefonu kapatmak, görüşmeyi sonlandırmak

How it is used

Hang up on someone means ending the call suddenly while they are still talking, which is rude. Polite callers say goodbye before hanging up. "Don't hang up" is said when you want the other person to stay on the line.

Example sentences

  1. Please don't hang up; I'm just checking the details for you.

  2. I'll hang up and call you back from my desk phone.

Common collocations

  • hang up the phone
  • hang up on someone
  • don't hang up
  • hang up and call back
  • call backTo phone someone again, or to return a call from someone who tried to phone you earlier.
  • put on holdTo keep a caller waiting on the line for a short time, usually while you check something or find the right person.
  • voicemailA system that records phone messages when the person you call does not answer; also a message recorded in this way.
  • the line is busyA phrase meaning that the phone you are calling is already in use, so the call cannot be connected right now.

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