leave the phone off the hook
take the phone off the hook

You might want to leave the phone off the hook.

But he had me leave the phone off the hook, so the line would be open, see?

If only she hadn't left the phone off the hook.

She broke the connection, left the phone off the hook and turned her back to it.

I think they have left the phone off the hook," she said.

She leaves the phone off the hook while the police listen in on his confession.

One employee had dialed 911 and left the phone off the hook.

That's like telling them to leave the phone off the hook.'

"See you tonight," she called on her way out "And don't leave the phone off the hook."

She actually called in and left the phone off the hook so we could follow it in to the apartment.

Somebody in there just punched in 911, and then left the phone off the hook.

I left the phone off the hook to avoid making any sound and moved across the porch silently in my rubber shoes.

She said they're buying guns and she left the phone off the hook."

Beaming with my new attire, I returned to the living room and noticed that someone had left the phone off the hook.

But they probably don't have any friends - they've probably left the phone off the hook."

'Here's what I'm going to do: I'll leave the phone off the hook all night.

"Left the phone off the hook."

Find a quiet phone box, dial a rival firm, put a couple of quid in the slot and leave the phone off the hook.

Murch's Mom, leaving the phone off the hook, stepped out of the booth and went over to the Roadrunner.

The BT men at Kidlington, Oxford, left the phone off the hook for 36 hours at a time.

She's left the phone off the hook, she says they're there . . ." "On Eleventh Avenue?"

Halfway down the list she took a breather, leaving the phone off the hook for a minute while she leaned back in Shapiro's chair and closed her eyes.

Sometimes I left the phone off the hook when I went to sleep, so I wouldn't be awakened at 2 or 3 A.M.

He had also dialed a certain untraceable number and left the phone off the hook, so if anyone called, he--or she, thieves were not gender specific--would get a busy signal.

He reached over and took the phone off the hook.

"I used to take the phone off the hook but no more."

After a while, we took the phone off the hook and went out to dinner.

She took the phone off the hook, punched in 911.

She took the phone off the hook and laid it down.

You might want to take the phone off the hook."

She took the phone off the hook, and threw herself into her hurt.

It would be far easier to take the phone off the hook, but she could not do that.

"It got to the place where we just took the phone off the hook in the evenings."

She took the phone off the hook to avoid reporters who had been calling.

There's a rumor that the restaurant takes the phone off the hook.

She'd probably taken the phone off the hook simply because she didn't want to be awakened.

His wife told him to have a rest and took the phone off the hook without telling him.

We take the phone off the hook at 9:15 so we can get some sleep.

We had to take the phones off the hooks.

But she persistently calls back, forcing him to take the phone off the hook.

I took the phone off the hook and said, "Call his office, and see if he's there."

She sat down heavily on the side of her bed, and took the phone off the hook for a moment while she thought.

"I think I'll take the phone off the hook."

When that point comes, to scramble the similes even further, you just take the phone off the hook and walk away from it.

My advice is take the phone off the hook and get as much sleep as you can."

I'm gonna take the phone off the hook so nobody bothers you."

But there are so many of them calling now that Sister Isabel's just taken the phone off the hook.

To complete the celebration, make sure some fresh lavender is added to that bouquet and take the phone off the hook.

You take the phone off the hook and you don't answer it for a year."