pocket dial | Idiomator

Meaning: ; (idiomatic,informal)Asituationin which one'scellphonemakes acallfrom one'spocketwhen its buttons areinadvertentlypressed.2013, Jess McCann,Was It Something I Said?: The Answer To All Your Dating Dilemmas, Skirt!,→ISBN,pages7–8:But consider this first: How do you know that he really meant to call you and this wasn't just an accidentalpocket dial?2013, Elle Fowler, Blair Fowler,Where Beauty Lies, St. Martin's Press, published2013,→ISBN,page60:It started off sounding like apocket dialwith incoherent noise and shouting[…]2015, Abbi Glines,Hold On Tight, Simon Pulse,→ISBN,pages95–96:My phone started ringing. I reached over and grabbed it, surprised to see Dewayne's name on the screen. Why would he be calling me at midnight on a Saturday?"Hello?" I said, almost expecting this to be apocket dial.; ; (obsolete)A portablesundialof small size.

Examples:

EN: - Did you pocket dial me?
ES: ¿Me estabas llamando? ¿Qué?
EN: It's a pocket dial.
ES: Su teléfono llamó sin darse cuenta él.
EN: Okay, so it's a pocket dial.
ES: Bueno, su teléfono le llamó al tuyo sin que tu papá se diera cuenta.
EN: That was a pocket dial!
ES: ¡Fue una llamada sin querer!
EN: That was an ill-timed pocket dial!
ES: ¡Fue una llamada sin querer inoportuna!
EN: I don't think the pocket dial makes as much sense because I was talking and asking questions.
ES: No creo que haya sido sin querer... porque les hablé y les hice preguntas.
EN: Free money, lost earrings, drinks, Cassie's pocket dial...
ES: Dinero gratis, pendientes perdidos, bebidas, la llamada por error de Cassie...
EN: This better be a pocket dial.
ES: Espero que haya sido una llamada por error.
EN: You know, like a pocket dial.
ES: Ya sabes, como un reloj de bolsillo.
EN: Frankie got a pocket dial, heard Nick fighting.
ES: Frankie tiene un dial de bolsillo, oído combates Nick.
EN: Where my dad kissed Jess, there was an accidental pocket dial that actually went pretty well.
ES: Donde mi padre besó Jess, hubo un marcado accidental de bolsillo que en realidad fue bastante bien.
EN: It's called a pocket dial.
ES: Se llama dial de bolsillo.
EN: Master Crabtree told me that fate... had touched me, because I happened upon this pocket dial.
ES: El Maestro Crabtree me dijo que el destino... me había tocado, porque encontré este dial de bolsillo.
EN: Jacinta heard a pocket dial where they were talking about busting into her dad's house.
ES: Jacinta escuchó una llamada accidental donde hablaban de meterse en la casa de su padre.
EN: Oh, pocket dial.
ES: - Llamó por accidente. - ¡Lupe!

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