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telephone booth
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telephone tag
tel·e·phone tag


noun 
Definition:
 
series of unsuccessful telephone calls: a situation in which two people repeatedly return each other's telephone calls and leave recorded messages without succeeding in speaking directly to each other ( informal )

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