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dialling it in

dialling it in is the present participle and gerund 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 dialling it in

What is dialling it in the present participle and gerund of?
Dialling it in is the present participle and gerund of dial it in.

Words near dialling it in in the dictionary

  1. dialling codes
  2. dialling down
  3. dialling down a notch
  4. dialling in
  5. dialling into
  6. dialling it in
  7. dialling out
  8. dialling tone
  9. dialling tones
  10. dialling up
  11. diallings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialling 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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