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dial towards

dial towards verb: to be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion.

Verb

dial towards (third-person singular simple present (US) dial towardses or (UK) dial towardsses, present participle (US) dial towardsing or (UK) dial towardssing, simple past and past participle (US) dial towardsed or (UK) dial towardssed)

  1. (idiomatic) To be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion.

Forms of dial towards

third-person singular present USdial towardses
third-person singular present UKdial towardsses
present participle USdial towardsing
present participle UKdial towardssing
past participle USdial towardsed
past USdial towardsed
past participle UKdial towardssed
past UKdial towardssed

Questions about dial towards

What does dial towards mean?
Dial towards means to be oriented towards, to be figuratively moving in the direction of or aiming at a conclusion.
What part of speech is dial towards?
Dial towards is a verb.
What is the past tense of dial towards?
The past tense of dial towards is dial towardsed.

Words near dial towards in the dictionary

  1. dial number
  2. dial numbers
  3. dial out
  4. dial tone
  5. dial tones
  6. dial towards
  7. dial up
  8. dial-a-date
  9. dial-a-dates
  10. dial-a-joke
  11. dial-a-jokes

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