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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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.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
Our test unit rang up at $2,679.27—though IT buyers will likely pay less per unit—with an eight-core, vPro manageability-enabled Core Ultra 7 268V chip, the max 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 1,920-by-1,200-pixel IPS non-touch display.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Over the next two years, Muhammad rang up five more victories against progressively tougher competition.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin, the hybrid documentary-concert film from Sony Pictures Classics, rings up $993k on 940 screens in week 3 for a cume of $7.4 million.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
Our test unit rang up at $2,679.27—though IT buyers will likely pay less per unit—with an eight-core, vPro manageability-enabled Core Ultra 7 268V chip, the max 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 1,920-by-1,200-pixel IPS non-touch display.
—PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025
Over the next two years, Muhammad rang up five more victories against progressively tougher competition.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin, the hybrid documentary-concert film from Sony Pictures Classics, rings up $993k on 940 screens in week 3 for a cume of $7.4 million.
—Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ring up
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“Ring up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20up. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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