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dialled it in

dialled it in is the simple past and past participle of dial it in.

Meaning of dial it in

Verb

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

  1. To set up in a perfect or complete way.
    • The mechanic dialed in the bicycle before the customer picked it up.
  2. To give a lackluster, uninspired, or timid performance (especially when capable of doing better); to phone it in.
    • The actor simply dialed in his performance, leaving even his devoted fans disappointed with the show as a whole.

Questions about dialled it in

What is dialled it in the simple past and past participle of?
Dialled it in is the simple past and past participle of dial it in.

Words near dialled it in in the dictionary

  1. dialled back
  2. dialled down
  3. dialled down a notch
  4. dialled in
  5. dialled into
  6. dialled it in
  7. dialled out
  8. dialled up
  9. diallel
  10. diallelic
  11. diallelism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialled it in (page history and authors); dial it in (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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