Monday, November 10, 2014

Lesson 276--Playing Phone Tag


 
A fantastic children's game is called tag.  When you're "it" your job is to touch someone else and make them "it".  One great idiom is

Playing Phone Tag

This means that you call someone, leave a message.  They call you back and leave a message for you.  You call them back and leave a message...... you get the idea.

examples

Max played phone tag with his son all day.  He finally got in touch before he went to sleep.

The boss got tired of playing phone tag with his staff and called a meeting.

After several days of playing phone tag, Megan decided to go to her boyfriend's house and confront him.

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