directory enquiries

noun [U] UK (US directory assistance, US directory information) COMMUNICATIONS

Definition

› a service that you can phone in order to find out someone's phone number: You'll have to call directory enquiries for the number.

(Definition of directory enquiries noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to express disagreement or refuse to do something

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