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What is phone tag?

What is phone tag? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (idiomatic) A situation in which two individuals attempting to contact each other by telephone repeatedly do not get a live person and instead trade messages, such as by voice mail.
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We had played a little bit of phone tag, leaving messages and going backwards and forwards.
The brothers from Simi Valley played phone tag until Wednesday afternoon, when Jeff reached his brother to congratulate him.
We played phone tag, traded banter, and became friendly.
The parties and their representatives may play phone tag and posture in ways that often take up time.
Employees enjoy convenience, productivity and control features that reduce phone tag and frustration.
We play a lot of phone tag, and that's really a disjointed way of communicating with folks.

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