rings (up) 1 of 2

verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of ring (up), chiefly British
as in dials
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)

present tense third-person singular of ring up
as in wins
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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rings (up)
  1. dials
  2. wins
  3. calls
  4. achieves
  5. phones
  6. attains
  7. gains
  8. scores
Verb
  • The keyboard and touchpad are areas where Dell dials back from the higher-end XPS 14 and 16.
    — Matthew Buzzi, PC Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • Subsequently, the series dials back to Vienna in 1781 (10 years before Mozart’s death).
    — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 8 May 2026
Definition of dials
Verb
  • Ridesharing and hybrid vehicles Driverless Waymo ridesharing wins approval for drastic expansion in Los Angeles and the Bay Area.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Roger Niello The moderate Sacramento Republican wins a caucus vote to become State Senate minority leader.
    — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of wins
Verb
  • Shavers has spent years warning about button pushing, where an examiner runs the tool, accepts the output and calls it an examination.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Curiously, the man says goodbye to Thom by name — but when Bret calls this out the next morning, Thom denies it.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of calls
Verb
  • In testing, the electrolyzer achieves industrially relevant reaction rates.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Unfortunately, the simplicity this achieves within that vendor’s own ecosystem has also produced incompatible cross-vendor comparisons (see the graphic below as an example).
    — Jason Andersen, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • Prior to having a conversation with Carmy about franchising, Ebraheim phones Albert for a pep talk.
    — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 26 June 2026
  • In the movie, Yetnikoff phones up MTV CEO Bob Pittman and starts screaming at him.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2026
Definition of phones
Verb
  • By the end of the novel, Sun Wukong attains Buddhahood.
    — Frannie Comstock, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026
  • But if a person seeking status is already wealthy or attains corporate sponsorship, for instance, a viable pathway to citizenship opens up, even if only slightly.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of attains
Verb
  • Brooks emphasizes that while Black art gains market attention, ownership among Black Americans remains limited due to a lack of knowledge.
    — Richard Fowler, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Turkey, already a NATO member, gains a larger market for its growing defense industry and additional strategic weight as tensions with Israel rise.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of gains
Verb
  • Of course, the Dream scores nearly eight more points per game at home and shoots much better from behind the arc.
    — Geoff Clark OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Katseye Scores Its Fifth Streaming Hit This week, Katseye scores its fifth career placement on the Streaming Songs chart.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of scores
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“Rings (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rings%20%28up%29. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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