dial up

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

   Near-synonym: ratchet up

   These comments are guaranteed to dial up the animosity.

1. Tom still uses dial-up Internet.

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2. Could you dial up the operator for me?

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3. It was a daring move at a time when many people's web experience was little more than a dial-up modem.

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4. Imogen of the Internet can connect to dial-up BBSes by whistling into a funnel attached to a phone line.

   deImogen aus dem Internet kann sich mit einem analogen BBS verbinden, indem sie in einen Trichter pfeift, der mit einer Telefonleitung verbunden ist. — Hans_Adler

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неправильне

• dial upподзвонити, дзвонитиTo telephone, to call on the telephone.
• dial backприменшити, применшуватиTo reduce (one's energy or intensity); to restrain (a feeling or action).
• dial outTo make a call using an outbound line.
• dial inTo configure or set up (particularly a complex machine with many configuration options [especially knobs and dials).
• dial downTo reduce or diminish in effect or intensity.