phone tag

noun

1. telephone tag.

Example Sentences

The pain of sending multiple back-and-forth emails, playing phone tag and texting a client several times just to find out when both you and your sales prospect are available for a meeting, can be a major cause of concern.

From Search Engine Land

There was also definitely some phone tag among the three men after they found out the children had escaped.

From Vox

So fast that Jenji Kohan, the amazing Jenji Kohan, we kept playing phone tag!

From The Daily Beast

And yesterday, after a few rounds of phone tag, she spent seven minutes on the line with a contrite President Obama.

From The Daily Beast