pocket-dial: definition of pocket-dial in Oxford dictionary (Amcrican English) (US)

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Defmition of pocket-dial in English: 1~ mic drop
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VERB (pocket-dials, pocket-dia|ing,
pocket-dialed ; British pocket-dia|s,

rizqu §§;L’}¥f§,'jf pocket-dialling, pocket-dialled)

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(3 |nadvertent|y call (someone) on a mobile
phone in one’s pocket, as a result of um
pressure being accidentally applied to a
button or buttons on the phone:

   

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pocket-dial: definition of pocket-dial in Oxford dictionary (Amen`can English) (US)

'he pocket-dialed his main girl and she heard

 

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NOUN pocket-dial
(pocket dia|) pocket-filled
An inadvertent call made on a mobile pocket'ho°p

phone in one’s pocket, as a result of
pressure being applied accidentally to a
button or buttons on the phone:
’deputies said a pocket dial to 911 led them
to an undem_ge drinking party'

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