Dial
Top
Top noun - A piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In the first episode he must get past a cat then climb to a desk top and dial an immense phone.
Source: Incredible Shrinking Man - Take Finagle's Law, dial it Up to Eleven, toss in a Love Dodecahedron, and as a finishing touch sprinkle Swedish royalty on top.
Source: Webcomic / Anders Loves Maria -
Some telemarketing firms have you dial out on the computer keypad, which is inverted from a typical phone pad (1-2-3 is on the bottom instead of the top.) If you work there long enough, you'll start dialing all phones upside-down.
Source: Damn You, Muscle Memory
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Top and Dial. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dial/top
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Top or Dial. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dial/top.
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