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

Over the next two years, Muhammad rang up five more victories against progressively tougher competition. —Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

The scheme works like this: Scammers ring up unsuspecting homeowners, posing as representatives from their mortgage company or loan servicer (the company that collects monthly payments and pays the relevant taxes and insurance). —Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025

The company rang up $6.67 billion in sales versus the $6.81 billion that analysts had penciled in, according to LSEG. —Sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025

The median price per square meter on the Champs-Élysées and surrounding luxury streets rings up at 15,000 euros, the group said, making that loss of shopping space costly. —Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ring up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

ring up

verb

: to add up and record on a cash register