Collocations for "dial"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "dial" in context.
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dial
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- the [phone, telephone, watch, clock] dial
- the [radio, control, machine, scale] dial
- the [radio] dials
- a [luminous, fluorescent, gold, pearl] (watch) dial
- the [second, minute] hand swept across the dial
- the [minute] hand on the dial
- the [numbers, letters, symbols] on the dial
- the dial has a (small) [scratch, mark, crack]
- don't touch that dial; (we'll be right back)
- the dials [marked, showed, pointed to] [zero, fifty]
- is set to speed dial
- tell time [using, with] sun dials
- at the [top, bottom] of the dial
- dial her (phone, telephone) number
- dialed the wrong number
- accidentally dialed her number
- (for emergencies,) dial [911, 999]
- the number you dialed is not valid
- dial into the [network, station, program]
- dialing from [outside, within] the US
- dial [long distance, abroad]
- dialed her up
- dial it [down, back] a notch
- dial down the [hysteria, hype]
'dial' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):