Usually means: Accidentally calling someone with phone.
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  1. pocket-dial: Wordnik
  2. pocket-dial, pocket dial: Wiktionary

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  1. pocket-dial, pocket dial: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pocket dial)

noun:  (idiomatic, informal) A situation in which one's cellphone makes a call from one's pocket when its buttons are inadvertently pressed.
noun:  (obsolete) A portable sundial of small size.
verb:  (idiomatic, informal) To accidentally make a call this way.

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