Definition of hold the phone:
		
								
				"hold the phone!  We've had this problem before, with the other machine."
			
			
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to 
hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a 
telephone connection
		
 
								
				"they asked me to hold the phone while they went to look up the answer."
			
	 
 
		
		
		Definition of hold the phone:
		
								
				"hold the phone!  We've had this problem before, with the other machine."
			
			
	
		
		
		(v) :
		
		to 
hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a 
telephone connection
		
 
								
				"they asked me to hold the phone while they went to look up the answer."