What does phone up mean?

phone up

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.27 in modern English

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verb

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"‘I don’t believe it!’ cried Maxine, who had only phoned up in order to relieve her own boredom and have a good moan about Serena."
""If we can get his bolster-cover round his arms and then 'phone up a stomach-pump, we'll give the old dear the supper of his life.""

phones up (present, singular) phoning up (participle, present) phoned up (participle, past) phoned up (past)

call give a ring phone ring

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