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dialing out

dialing out is the present participle and gerund of dial out.

Meaning of dial out

Verb

dial out (third-person singular simple present dials out, present participle (US) dialing out or (UK) dialling out, simple past and past participle (US) dialed out or (UK) dialled out)

  1. (literally) To make a call using an outbound line.
    • To dial out, press 9 and then the phone number.
  2. To start an online meeting or conference call by calling or otherwise alerting the participants.
    Antonyms:
    dial in
  3. (figuratively, slang) To ignore (someone).
    • You have to dial him out to get any work done.

Questions about dialing out

What is dialing out the present participle and gerund of?
Dialing out is the present participle and gerund of dial out.

Words near dialing out in the dictionary

  1. dialing down
  2. dialing down a notch
  3. dialing in
  4. dialing into
  5. dialing it in
  6. dialing out
  7. dialing up
  8. dialings
  9. dialist
  10. dialists
  11. dialize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialing out (page history and authors); dial out (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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