dial up

== English == === Verb === dial up (third-person singular simple present dials up, present participle (US) dialing up or (UK) dialling up, simple past and past participle (US) dialed up or (UK) dialled up) To telephone, to call on the telephone. Synonyms: give a ring, phone, ring, ring up To connect a computer to a modem. To increase the level (of something) by turning a dial, or (figuratively) as if by turning a dial. Antonym: dial back Near-synonym: ratchet up === Anagrams === laid up, uplaid