Phone call
Hello!

If I call somebody let's say Tom and he doesn't only pick up the phone but immidiately puts the phone down; what is the correct way to say it in English? We have mobile phones, so I guess I can't say, "I called Tom yesterday, but he put the phone after 2 seconds when the mobile phone started to call."

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Phone call
Hello!

If I call somebody let's say Tom and he doesn't only pick up the phone but immidiately puts the phone down; what is the correct way to say it in English? We have mobile phones, so I guess I can't say, "I called Tom yesterday, but he put the phone after 2 seconds when the mobile phone started to call."

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'he didn't answer the call' would mean that the call was coming through for the whole possible amount of time like 30 seconds. However, in my case it was only 2 seconds. Is that right?

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I agree with Susanne, but it would mostly be in the past tense so it would be better to say "I tried to call Tom yesterday, but the call was rejected or he hung up on me" OR you could just say "he didn't answer the call"

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rejecting an incoming call or hang up on you maybe

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