Usually means: Repeated missed calls, exchanging voicemails.
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  2. phone tag: Wiktionary
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  4. Phone tag: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (phone tag)

noun:  (idiomatic) 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 by voice mail.

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