Phoning for Midwifery Professionals

put through

• to connect by telephone with someone else

• To communicate a message to someone else

• To wait for a short time

• Finish talking on the phone

Pass on

• To connect by telephone with someone else

• To communicate a message to someone else

• To wait for a short time

• Finish talking on the phone

Hold on

• To connect by telephone with someone else

• To communicate a message to someone else

• To wait for a short time

• To contact by telephone

Get off

• To wait for a short time

• To return a phone call

• To interrupt a telephone conversation

• Finish talking on the phone

Call up

• To return a phone call

• To connect by telephone with someone else

• To wait for a short time

• To contact by telephone

Call back

• To answer the phone

• To return a phone call

• To be inaudible over the mobile phone

• To wait for a short time

Cut off

• Finish talking on the phone

• To wait for a short time

• To answer the phone

• To interrupt a telephone conversation

Pick up

• To answer the phone

• To contact by telephone

• Call in by telephone to a central person or central point

• To end the telephone call by breaking the connection

Break up

• To be inaudible over the mobile phone

• Finish talking on the phone

• To return a phone call

• To wait for a short time

Phone in

• Call in by telephone to a central person or central point

• To answer the phone

• To speak louder

• To connect by telephone with someone else