dial up
dial up
1. verb To call someone on the telephone. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "dial" and "up." Well, then dial Joe up and see what he has to say about all this!
2. noun A method of connecting to the Internet via a telephone line. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated. Remember the terrible sound that dial-up used to make? Yikes.
3. adjective Describing a method of connecting to the Internet via a telephone line. In this usage, the phrase is usually hyphenated. Remember how slow dial-up Internet used to be? Yikes.
See also: dial, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
dial up
v.
To telephone someone or something: I dialed up my dentist and made an appointment. Would you dial your sister up and ask her what time she's coming over?
See also: dial, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- angle
- angling
- orient
- orient to
- orient to (something)
- spiff up
- spiffed up
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- dial down
- ask back