redial button

Repeat last number

A redial button on a telephone automatically calls the last number dialed, saving you from entering it again.

The feature dates to landline phones but persists on mobile devices: I hit the redial button until someone finally picked up.

Figuratively, to push the redial button is to repeat a recent attempt.

Related

hang up · repeat · last · number · busy · signal · tone · landline · keypad · telephone · ring · hang · up · voicemail · missed · call · reconnect · press

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Family

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Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G