hold the phone
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To cope, his mother would “lie on the floor and hold the phone away from her head.”
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2024
The process is simple: Take a face selfie, scan the passport photo page and hold the phone against the inside of the passport’s back cover to read the embedded chip.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2023
He will have a bit of a dip at me and I'll hold the phone away from my ear while he has his rant.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2023
Shiv says when her estranged husband offers to hold the phone up to Logan’s ear, before uttering some of the saddest words she’s ever said: “Are you just being nice to me?”
From Salon • Apr. 9, 2023
She had taken her hand away from her face to hold the phone with two hands.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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