phone tag
noun/ˈfəʊn tæɡ/
/ˈfəʊn tæɡ/
(also telephone tag)
[uncountable] (North American English, informal)- a situation in which two people repeatedly call each other on the phone and leave messages, but never actually speak to each other
- We played phone tag for several days before I was able to reach him.
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