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ring up
verb
to make a telephone call (to)
(tr) to record on a cash register
(tr) to chronicle; record
to ring up another success
to begin a theatrical performance
(often foll by on) to make a start (on)
Idioms and Phrases
Record, especially by means of a cash register, as in They had already rung up the sale so I decided not to get the extra items . [c. 1930] Although older cash registers usually signaled a recorded sale with the ringing of a bell, the idiom survives in the age of computers.
Accomplish, achieve, as in They rang up an impressive string of victories .
Example Sentences
The chicken bake — Costco’s breaded delicacy stuffed with strips of chicken breast, bacon, cheese, green onions and Caesar dressing — is ringing up for $1 more at the food court.
"It looks as though Christian is ringing up pretty much every team owner at the moment," said Cowell.
The phones lit up, with many callers ringing up to put Big Mags in the frame, exposing her as the big boss of a drug dynasty that ran heroin out of their flats.
Trasi said there was "no end of people ringing up, offering to help and contribute. It's really blown our minds with with how kind people have been".
"Even somebody ringing up and saying 'my bin hasn't been emptied' wasn't dealt with."
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