Verb
The word is derived from dial
of Dial
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt also improved usability for the caller, as most terminal software allowed different phone numbers to be stored and dialled on command, allowing the user to easily connect to a series of systems. Source: Internet
Allen’s Mike Baxter was dialled down about 600 notches: now he wasn’t hellbent on taking his two-year-old grandson trick-or-treating because, if he didn’t, asexual reproduction would become the norm. Source: Internet
I immediately dialled the numbers of my parents and siblings, but could not get through to any of them as the phone lines were down and the internet was shut, cutting me - and hundreds of thousands of others - off from our families in Tigray. Source: Internet
In both cases, this is a telephone operator at the destination who provides assistance solely to other operators on inbound toll calls; the ringdown operator nominally cannot be dialled directly by the subscriber. Source: Internet
He has dialled down his ferocity to such a degree that he is able to double up as one of Lord Sugar’s stern but still far more amiable aides. Source: Internet
Equal parts indulgent and idealistic, this was a celebration of Melbourne’s sense of civic exceptionalism, and its refusal to follow the lead of Sydney’s shock jock culture, where hard sides are always taken and outrage dialled up to 11. Source: Internet