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Dial up

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo telephone, to call on the telephone.
"The written instructions weren't clear, so I dialed her up and asked her to explain what she meant."
2.VerbTo connect a computer to a modem.
"In those days it took three minutes just to dial up, and every minute you were connected was costing you a higher phone bill."
3.VerbTo increase the level (of something) by turning a dial, or as if by turning a dial.
"These comments are guaranteed to dial up the animosity."
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