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Answer the phone.
A2Sentence
Narrator
Answer the phone.
Study notes
How to use in different contexts
Giving Instructions
Please answer the phone.
Making a Request
Could you answer the phone, please?
Giving a Command
Answer the phone immediately!
Describing an Action
He answered the phone promptly.
Rephrased versions
Formal
Please respond to the incoming telephone call.
Casual
Pick up the phone.
Simpler English
Get the phone.
Phrases to learn
answer the phone
To pick up and respond to a ringing telephone.