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Usage of "-ing after to" | Is training-taker the right way to say?
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that formula has yet to be dialed in? #1 (permalink) Mon Jul 07, 2008 22:48 pm   that formula has yet to be dialed in?		  
Hi,

Can "to dial in" have another meaning than to make a phone call? I'm asking because I think on an audio book I heard the speaker say "that formula has yet to be dialed in". He is talking about a system for language learners that hasn't been developed yet.

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that formula has yet to be dialed in? #2 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:38 am   that formula has yet to be dialed in?		  
I think that's an eccentric use of the expression, Torsten. It must come from the image of a machine with dials on it, rather than from a telephone.
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that formula has yet to be dialed in? #3 (permalink) Tue Jul 08, 2008 12:42 pm   that formula has yet to be dialed in?		  
Many thanks for that, Jamie.
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