Idiom
pocket dial
Meaning
A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I am sorry, I think I pocket dialed you by mistake.”
“He realized he had pocket dialed his boss when he heard her voice through his phone while he was walking.”
“The accidental call occurred when he pocket dialed his colleague, inadvertently broadcasting his private conversation to the entire office.”
Examples
simple
“I am sorry, I think I pocket dialed you by mistake.”
contextual
“He realized he had pocket dialed his boss when he heard her voice through his phone while he was walking.”
complex
“The accidental call occurred when he pocket dialed his colleague, inadvertently broadcasting his private conversation to the entire office.”
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