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Get a wrong number
Answer for the clue "Get a wrong number ", 7 letters:
misdial
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Word definitions for misdial in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to dial a wrong number on a telephone," 1964; see mis- (1) + dial (v.). Related: Misdialed ; misdialing .
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (context ambitransitive English) To dial or use a keypad incorrectly, especially on a telephone.
Usage examples of misdial.
Shaking so violently that she misdialed twice, Emily phoned Tommy Duggan.
The man poked keys, misdialed, cleared, fumbled again and started over.
Throat dry, heart thumping, hands drenched in sweat and trembling, Taggie misdialled the number three times in her nervousness.
His fingers jittered, he misdialled, swore, hit the cutoff buttons, started again.