Misdial

With shaking hands, I picked up the receiver to the telephone and punched in the numbers, careful not to misdial. ❋ Erin Zulkoski (2011)

Finally on the point of every 911 call needing to be an emergency, it is quite possible to misdial and dial 911 instead of 811 or 611. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What really happened, one of the candidate's colleagues had tried to call the state criminal justice division which had a number almost identical to a porn line, a misdial. ❋ Unknown (2008)

My digits aren't dexterous enough to keep up with how fast my admittedly-failing memory recalls the number. 90% of the times I misdial, it's on the last number. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Given that the number is virtually impossible to misdial, this traffic was baffling. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Should you misdial to the wrong guy, you could be secreted away to Hungary and tortured until you confess to being part of that organization. ❋ Unknown (2006)

You know, that reminds me: Have you ever wondered that if you happened to misdial a number (with a Los Angeles or NYC area code in particular), you might wind up dialing someone famous? ❋ Haloaskew (2006)

Sex141, only a misdial away from Sex411, lists hundreds of escort girls in HK, such as "wild mixed gal" Shau Kei Wan... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Try and do it quickly and you will inevitably misdial because your automatic habit jumps in and takes over before you have a chance to stop it. ❋ Adams, Douglas, 1952- (1990)

But misdial a toll-free number and you could wind up connected to a con artist who wants to sneak a sizeable charge on to your phone bill. ❋ Unknown (2011)

No matter the reason for the call, even if the caller acknowledges it was a misdial, the center dispatches an officer to make sure everything is OK. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But if you misdial the prefix, you're in for a surprise. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Upon call back, he just repeated that it was a misdial. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On 2nd call back attempt, reached reporting party who states it was a misdial. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Last night I [Freudian] misdialled [my crush] instead of [my mom]. ❋ Suaveitsme (2010)