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dialling out

dialling 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 dialling out

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

Words near dialling out in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: dialling 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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