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Meaning: (idiomatic,chieflyUK,often followed byon)Tochangesomethingradically; toreformorrevolutionizesomething.2021October 28, Karen Dacre, “Miniskirt mayhem! Nine ways Mary Quant revolutionised women’s clothes – and lives”, inThe Guardian[1]:While contemporary designers give us trends, Quantreset the dialon the way we get dressed. Under her influence, women rejected their parents’ vision of beauty and embraced their own.2022January 10, Laura Webster, “More journalists join Piers Morgan at Rupert Murdoch's TalkTV channel”, inThe National[2]:He said: “I’ve been incredibly lucky to play a part in major new media innovations, from the birth of Sun Online to most recently Times Radio, which hasreset the dialon what quality news radio can achieve, and I’m pleased to be still playing a part on the station.2022July 20,Hannah Devlin, “Are there enough concrete commitments in the women’s health strategy to truly ‘reset the dial’?”, inThe Guardian[3]:With the NHS struggling to clear huge surgical and screening backlogs and facing continued pressure from Covid-related staff absences, it’s a tough time for it to take on another major challenge. But ministers have promised to “reset the dial” on gender inequalities in healthcare, with the publication of the first ever government-led women’s health strategy.2023March 12, Eloise Hendy, “Is there really such a thing as ‘toxic femininity’?”, inThe Independent[4]:Viewers have since been questioning whether Love Island producers – wary of replicating the toxic masculinity of earlier seasons – have in factreset the dialtoo far, with many fans branding the women’s behaviour “toxic femininity”.
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