dial up

verb

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…

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

    • 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.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dial up. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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