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 voice mail
A series of unsuccessful calls exchanged by two people who are attempting to contact each other by telephone
phone tag
التركية النطق
fōn täg
النطق
/ˈfōn ˈtag/ /ˈfoʊn ˈtæɡ/
علم أصول الكلمات
[ 'fOn ] (noun.) circa 1866. phone + tag (children's game)