RANG (UP) Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

Definition of rang (up)

past tense of ring (up), chiefly British

as in dialed

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

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verb (2)

past tense of ring up

as in achieved

to obtain (as a goal) through effort touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term

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Verb

The Chiefs were at practice last week, working on their fourth-down offense, when Andy Reid dialed up a play for Kenneth Walker.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2026
Last night, Kardashian dialed up the romance for her latest outing with Lewis Hamilton.

— Hannah Malach, InStyle, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of dialed

Verb

Out of the more than 7,000 wine-producing châteaus in the region, 21 were highlighted by Michelin despite not earning a grape; then 38 received one, 16 were awarded two, and nine achieved the highest distinction of three.

— Mike DeSimone, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2026
The group has achieved a number of critical highs in recent years.

— Thomas Smith, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieved

Verb

Williams watched the record-breaking performance on TV from his home in Glen Ellyn and called Crow-Armstrong after the game to congratulate the 24-year-old.

— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Rays Hall of Famer Carl Crawford was a three-time winner of the award — formally called the Don Zimmer MVP award and presented by the Tampa Bay chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.

— Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of called

Verb

The next year, women won equal right to credit cards and mortgages.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Both Davis and Washington were nominated for Academy Awards as actors — Davis won an Oscar trophy for best supporting actress — and the film earned a best picture nomination.

— Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of won

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In this new culture, freedom was attained not through engagement in political struggle but through individual consumer choices.

— Robert Rubsam, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2026
The Tennessee singer-songwriter, actor, and philanthropist hailed from a vanishing class, a 20th-century monocultural phenomenon who attained a household-name status that never lost its luster.

— Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of attained

Verb

The state AGs and the WGA filed suit in July after federal regulators had approved the deal, and gained surprising traction in a series of early court rulings, giving opponents of the merger hope it would be curtailed or even fully blocked.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Sep. 2026
Google said on Friday that its Gemini model had hacked three other companies back in May, the first time the search giant has disclosed that one of its models autonomously gained access to third-party computer systems without permission.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of gained

Verb

The next day, Leigh made one last desperate attempt to get her things.

— Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026
Osubor, who also stars, made the film under the mentorship of 90s indie film stalwart Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup) follows an ambitious flower-delivery driver (Osubor) who gets drawn into the orbit of a powerful local figure called Big Daddy.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of made

Verb

In January 2023, about 30 people, supported by a walkers’ rights charity called the Ramblers Association, challenged the closure and obtained formal recognition of the public right-of-way from the West Berkshire District Council.

— Stefania Conrieri, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Comer died May 28 at UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center, according to a death certificate filed with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health that was obtained by The Hollywood Reporter.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026

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