drop call
verbEtymology Compare drop (“to come to an end; to stop”) as in the call dropped.
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To contact someone by telephone and then hang up right after the call has connected.
- "Have you got your phone? I'll give you my number." […] I looked back at my friends as Sam typed her number into my phone, […] I drop-called her and we said goodbye, […]2019, Kate Davies, In at the Deep End, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 69:
- Waiting for the heads-up from Skimmer is killing me, but all I can do is wait patiently. […] Skimmer drop calls me and I head towards our meeting place.2023, Rich Jones, Overseas Operations, StoryUp Media, →ISBN, page [46]:
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- He asks for my number, before he forgets, and drop-calls me so I can save his.2023, NJ Mackay, The Quiet Dead, London: Hera Books, →ISBN, page [141]:
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