電話口

でんわぐち【電話口】

●電話口に出る answer the phone; pick up the phone; 〔相手が〕 be on the other end of the phone

・もう一度電話口に出る come back on the line

・電話口に孫を呼び出す ask for one's grandchild to be put on the line [phone]

・急用だからと言って彼を電話口に呼んでもらった. I said it was urgent, and had him called to the phone.

●電話口を離れる leave the phone.

●吉田さんを電話口までお願いします. I wonder if you could call Mr. Yoshida to the phone? | Could you get (me) Mr. Yoshida on the phone?