speed dial
noun [U] mainly USDefinition
› a feature on a phone that makes it possible for you to call a number by pressing only one buttonTelephone equipment speed-dial verb [I or T]
(Definition of speed dial noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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