ring up

verb

Meaning

To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment.
To record the payment of.
To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person).
To rouse by the ringing of a bell.
To strikeout a batter and thereby send him or her back to the dugout.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

call up(English)phone up(English)give someone a ring(English)call(English)phone(English)ring in(English)dial up(English)call in(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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