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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a bit of phone" is not standard in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used informally to refer to a small amount of phone usage or a brief phone call, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "I just need a bit of phone to confirm the meeting time."
Alternatives: "a little phone time" or "a short call".
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(Plus a bit of phone sex, perhaps. But that's electronic, too).
Perhaps a bit of phone time would be involved, or even an on-site visit to chit-chat about grubs and fungus over iced tea.
After a bit of phone tag, I finally spoke with Shoutomatic's friendly founder, Norm Levy.
The hope is that a bit of phone resentment will promote disconnecting from your phone when you recognize that it's best for your mind and body to do so.
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A 2013 study by Sony and O2 reported that 75% of their users were prone to a bit of phone-on-the-throne, so it's a trend that seems to be steadily increasing.
Being a bit of a phone geek, I find myself talking to people about their phones fairly regularly.
A bit of automated phone system fun is just what I need".
Repetition becomes a form of wit: lines from a porn movie the kids watch, or from a bit of overheard phone sex, get recycled as dialogue, reverberating uneasily in the air.
Although it was a tabloid, it was a metaphor for the whole of the press, said Bean. "They do a little bit of phone hacking but another thing they do is buy the MPs' expenses data disk".
We had played a little bit of phone tag, leaving messages and going backwards and forwards.
This latest video goes on to show a bit of what the phone can actually do — that is, make phone calls in Windows XP.
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