What does phoning mean?
Phoning means present participle and gerund of phone.
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/ˈfəʊnɪŋ/ · verb
present participle and gerund of phone.
So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]
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Phoning means present participle and gerund of phone.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
So after all this hurry and hustle in the house, the coffee and papers and phonings, the soundings and measurements over the whole place, I was instructed to take off my apron and sit down […]
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