Waiting for tech support, often

• Temporarily suspended
• Suspended expression of surprise about name with a history
• In phone limbo, so to speak
• Listening to bad music, maybe
• Enjoying Muzak, often
• Listening to music, perhaps
• In telephone limbo
• Temporarily not talking to someone, in a way
• Waiting for a pickup

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive rare English) To hold on (to). 2 (context intransitive rare English) To hold on.