- give someone a call
- give someone a ring & give someone a buzz & give someone a callFig. to call someone on the telephone. •
Nice talking to you. Give me a ring sometime.
•Give me a buzz when you're in town.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
give someone a call
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give someone a ring — british informal phrase to phone someone Give me a ring tomorrow and we’ll arrange something for this weekend. Thesaurus: using a telephonehyponym Main entry: ring * * * give (som … Useful english dictionary
give someone a shout — ► give someone a shout informal call on or get in touch with someone. Main Entry: ↑shout … English terms dictionary
give someone a tinkle — (informal) To call someone on the telephone • • • Main Entry: ↑tinkle … Useful english dictionary
give someone a buzz — 1. tv. to give someone a telephone call. □ Give me a buzz sometime. □ I’ll give her buzz tonight and ask her. 2. tv. to give someone a chuckle r a bit of enjoyment. □ It always gives me a buzz to watch Sally do her act … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
give someone a buzz — call someone on the telephone … English contemporary dictionary
give someone a shout — informal call on or get in touch with someone. → shout … English new terms dictionary
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call */*/*/ — I UK [kɔːl] / US [kɔl] verb Word forms call : present tense I/you/we/they call he/she/it calls present participle calling past tense called past participle called 1) a) [transitive] to use a particular name or title for someone call someone… … English dictionary
give — give1 [ gıv ] (past tense gave [ geıv ] ; past participle giv|en [ gıvn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 provide someone with something ▸ 2 make someone owner of something ▸ 3 put medicine in someone ▸ 4 cause effect/experience ▸ 5 communicate ▸ 6 perform action … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
