Dial up

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo telephone, to call on the telephone.

2.verbTo connect a computer to a modem.

3.verbTo increase the level (of something) by turning a dial, or (figuratively) as if by turning a dial.

"These comments are guaranteed to dial up the animosity."

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