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dial up

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. To telephone, to call on the telephone.
  2. To connect a computer to a modem.
  3. To increase the level (of something) by turning a dial, or (figuratively) as if by turning a dial.

Equivalents

Deutscheinwählen

Examples

“These comments are guaranteed to dial up the animosity.”
“Think⟳ Bernie Sanders versus Kamala Harris, but dialled up to France where revolution is part of the national psyche.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

dialed dialed back dialed down dialed down a notch dialed in dialed into

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