hold the phone

== English == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Interjection === hold the phone (slang, idiomatic) stop; wait; whoa. === Verb === hold the phone (third-person singular simple present holds the phone, present participle holding the phone, simple past and past participle held the phone) To hold; to wait for someone at the other end of a telephone connection. ==== See also ==== hold the line