ring up
verb
rang up; rung up; ringing up; rings up
1
: to total and record especially by means of a cash register
ring up a sale
2
: achieve
rang up many social triumphs
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
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Two of the older sisters have worked in the restaurant for decades, making the tortillas by hand day in and day out and ringing up orders for customers patiently waiting in line.
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Apparently, during World War II, when a number of European monarchs were living in exile in London, people would ring up the hotel’s switchboard and ask to be put through to the king.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
Employees manually rang up purchases on phones, kept storefronts presentable, and did their best to keep shoppers moving.
—Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Petek says, the state has rung up $21.6 billion in off-the-books debt to cover deficits in recent fiscal years.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
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Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026
Apparently, during World War II, when a number of European monarchs were living in exile in London, people would ring up the hotel’s switchboard and ask to be put through to the king.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Jan. 2026
Employees manually rang up purchases on phones, kept storefronts presentable, and did their best to keep shoppers moving.
—Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025
Meanwhile, Petek says, the state has rung up $21.6 billion in off-the-books debt to cover deficits in recent fiscal years.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 20 Dec. 2025
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“Ring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20up. Accessed 9 Feb. 2026.
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