answer the phone
answer the telephone

The only one who would answer the phone, in fact.

Don't answer the phone or open the front door, not to anyone.

Turn them off if you have to answer the door or the phone.

She didn't answer the phone and I was late getting into the office.

You should never have left the room to answer the phone.

I want you to stay home and answer the phone.

Today, when we call most large companies, a person doesn't usually answer the phone.

But if he were home, why not answer his phone?

And there's nearly always a friend to answer the phone.

The children are no longer allowed to answer the phone.