ring up

verb

rang up; rung up; ringing up; rings up

transitive verb

1

: to total and record especially by means of a cash register

ring up a sale

2

: achieve

rang up many social triumphs

Synonyms

• achieve
• attain
• bag
• chalk up
• clock (up) [chiefly British]
• gain
• hit
• log
• make
• notch (up)
• rack up
• score
• win

Examples of ring up in a Sentence

our friend rang us up to see if we wanted to go to a cricket match

touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term

Recent Examples on the Web

Save 26% on the Apple iPad (10th Generation) and ring up for an insanely low price. —Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024

Ole Miss rolled up a whopping 706 yards, and rang up three fourth-quarter touchdowns. —Chase Goodbread, The Tennessean, 9 Oct. 2024

Consumers also increased their spend on the site, with the average purchase ringing up at 61.1 euros, up from 58.8 euros over the summer season a year ago. —Rhonda Richford, WWD, 5 Nov. 2024

Muscles aching from the weight of each 55-pound projectile, the repetition, the heat, Fernandez lost track of himself, too busy to think, too scared to stop, not unlike his time in the ring up against any another flyweight. —Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

ring up

verb

: to add up and record on a cash register