call collect

Examples (10)

• If you run out of money on your trip, you can always call collect.
• Stranded at the airport, my only option was to call my parents collect.
• Do you know how to call collect from a payphone in a foreign country?
• I'll have to call you collect when I arrive, as my mobile plan doesn't work there.
• The emergency operator asked if I wanted to call collect to notify my family.
• Before cell phones, calling collect was a common way for students to phone home from college.
• I'm sorry, but our business line cannot accept charges from anyone who calls collect.
• He would call collect every Sunday, and his father would always happily accept the charges.
• There's a button on this public phone that allows you to call collect without inserting coins.
• "Please call collect the moment you land, so we know you're safe," his mom said.