pick up the phone

English

Verb

pick up the phone

1. To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call.
2. To answer an incoming telephone call.

Synonyms

• pick the phone up, pick up the telephone, pick up
• (answer a call): answer the phone, answer

Antonyms

• hang up the phone, hang the phone up, hang up

Related terms

• slam the phone down

Translations

to pick up the receiver of a telephone to answer a call

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 接電話／接电话 (zip³ din⁶ waa^6-2), 接电话 (zip³ din⁶ waa^6-2), 聽電話／听电话, 听电话 (teng¹ din⁶ waa^6-2)

  Mandarin: 拿起電話／拿起电话, 拿起电话 (náqǐ diànhuà)

• Finnish: vastata puhelimeen
• French: décrocher (fr)
• German: den Hörer abnehmen, abheben (de), abnehmen (de)
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• Japanese: 受話器を取る (じゅわきをとる, juwaki-o toru)
• Polish: odebrać telefon pf
• Portuguese: atender (o telefone)
• Russian: брать тру́бку impf (bratʹ trúbku), взять тру́бку pf (vzjatʹ trúbku)
• Spanish: contestar el teléfono
• Swedish: svara i telefonen