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The phrase "dial up the" is correct and usable in written English. Essentially, it is used to mean increasing something - either physically turning up a dial or making something sharper, bolder, or more intense in another way. For example, "She dialed up the intensity of her voice to get her point across."
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He could just dial up the velocity a tad to beat even the best hitters.
We must dial up the pressure on political leaders to force an end to the war.
In one spot, an announcer tells viewers that "it's time to jump-start the geraniums and dial up the daisies".
"What we decided to do is dial up the personality to a more vibrant place," Mr. Woods said.
New Orleans continued to dial up the defensive intensity, cutting the lead to 4 with five minutes left, but they could not get past the hump.
Perhaps that's fine for the first week or two of the season, but then it's time to dial up the interest factor and add some spice.
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Grant Barrett wrote Thursday evening on his blog, www.worldnewyork.net, "Keeping it short because I'm doing it the old-fashioned way: laptop battery, flashlight and dial-up, the bare necessities".
While the concept is fundamentally the same as good-ol' dial-up, the implementation is far more intricate.
But as his needs grew beyond dial-up, the companies didn't come.
As his fellow harpies dial-up the intensity and frequency of their attacks, there is a lot to be disregarded.
Thanks to the death of dial-up, the rise of cloud computing, and the geniuses behind streaming content, online radio has blossomed into a thing of beauty.
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