Collect and Phone

Collect

Collect verb - To gain emotional or mental control of.

Phone and collect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Phone" instead a verb "Collect".

Phone

Phone verb - To make a telephone call to.
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Synonyms for Phone

Collect and phone are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collect" instead a verb "Phone".

Nearby Words: phony, phoned, phoning

Common collocations

information collect information phone information

Both words in one sentence

  • During the phone wars of the early-to-mid-1990s (comperable to the Computer Wars or Cable/Satellite Mudslinging of today) two competing collect call services were 1-800-COLLECT and 1-800-CALL-ATT.
    Source: Phone Word
  • If you collect enough dead drops you eventually come across one of a phone call made by Kessler to the courier service Cole worked for.
  • Technology Marches On There was another episode from the same decade that had Arthur lost downtown, and unable to reach home since he had no money for a pay phone (and apparently didn't know how to call collect).
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