ring up

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ring up

verb rings up · ringing up · rang up · rung up

idiomatic, transitive To telephone; to call someone on the telephone. Malone at once rang up Lord Roxton, and soon heard the familiar voice.
transitive To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment. Just ring up these items first. You can ring up those separately.
transitive To record the payment of. I'll take these. You can ring me up.
transitive To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person). Munson appeared to have taken Billy's exhortation on aggressiveness to heart. Umpire Jim McKean rung him up on strikes at one point in the game, so Thurman bumped him in anger.
To rouse by the ringing of a bell.
Similar: call, call up, phone, ring
To strikeout a batter and thereby send him or her back to the dugout.

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@misc{ring_up_2026,
  title = {ring up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ring%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}