phone (one) up

phone (one) up

To call someone on the telephone. Here's my number—phone me up sometime, and we can go see a movie or something. I have to phone someone up about the branches that blew down in our neighborhood overnight.See also: phone, up

phone someone up

to call someone on the telephone. I don't know what he will do. I will phone him up and ask him. Phone up your brother and ask his advice.See also: phone, up

phone up

v. To telephone someone or something: I didn't understand the contract, so I phoned up my lawyer for help. She told her client that she would phone him up after lunch to review what they had discussed.See also: phone, up