May I take a message?

May I take a message?
Could I take a message? & Can I take a message? & May I take a message?
the phrase used on the telephone to offer to take a message and give it to the person the caller is seeking. •

Bill: Can I talk to Fred? Mary: He's not here. Could I take a message for him?


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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