Related Clues:

• Called, old-style
• Contacted, in a way
• Rung up
• When you gave her a ring, she may already have been engaged
• Used a vintage phone
• Checked in, maybe
• Called for graduate collecting individual
• Began a call
• Used one's mobile device
• Placed a call the old-fashioned way
• Was a call-in guest
• Got a hold of, maybe
• Increased in intensity, with 'up'
• Increased in intensity, with "up"
• Rang doctor to get one in