pick up the phone

Verb

 * 1) To pick up the receiver of a telephone, generally with the intention of making a phone call.
 * 2) To answer an incoming telephone call.

Synonyms

 * pick the phone up, pick up the telephone, pick up
 * answer the phone,

Antonyms

 * hang up the phone, hang the phone up,

Translations

 * Arabic: رَفَعَ السَّمَّاعَة
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 接電話, 聽電話
 * Mandarin: 拿起電話, 接電話
 * Finnish: vastata puhelimeen
 * French:
 * German: den Hörer abnehmen, ,
 * Japanese: 電話に出る, 受話器を取る
 * Korean: 전화-를 받다, 전화-를 들다
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: ta telefonen
 * Polish:, odebrać telefon
 * Portuguese: atender (o telefone)
 * Russian: брать тру́бку, взять тру́бку
 * Spanish: contestar el teléfono
 * Swedish: svara i telefonen