Technology

Do Not Disturb

notification-blocking device setting

Do Not Disturb is a device setting that stops or limits notifications and calls from interrupting you.

B1 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Why didn't you answer my message?

I had Do Not Disturb on while I was studying.

Play the conversation

I put my phone on Do Not Disturb during meetings.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I put my phone in Do Not Disturb.

Say: I put my phone on Do Not Disturb.

Use “on” when describing a phone set to Do Not Disturb.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

turn on Do Not Disturb; have Do Not Disturb on; Do Not Disturb is on

Your turn: say it out loud

I put my phone on Do Not Disturb during meetings.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

Do Not Disturb

notification-blocking device setting

“I put my phone on Do Not Disturb during meetings.”

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