I'd like to speak to someone, please.

I'd like to speak to someone, please.
I'd like to speak to someone, please.
the standard way of requesting to speak with a specific person on the telephone or in an office. •

Sue (answering the phone): Hello? Bill: Hello, this is Bill Franklin. I'd like to speak to Mary Gray. Sue: I'll see if she's in.

“I'd like to speak to Tom,” said the voice at the other end of the line.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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