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verb (1)

Definition of rung (up)next
past participle of ring (up), chiefly British
as in called
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 participle 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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rung (up)
  1. called
  2. achieved
  3. dialed
  4. attained
  5. phoned
  6. made
  7. scored
  8. won
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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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 president phoned the co-founder of the chipmaker on Monday during an interview Huang was having for a podcast.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Amid searing personal grief, survivors describe a grandfather juggling sorrow and his traumatized granddaughter, and a second-grade teacher who phoned parents to save pupils before dying with eight children in a prayer room.
    — Amir Vahdat, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of phoned
Verb
  • Original moldings, door knobs, and wood paneling have been preserved, but spaces have been shaped for contemporary use including made disabled-accessible.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took aim at New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft after Macklemore was forced off Ed Sheeran’s tour following onstage comments the rapper made in support of Palestinians amid Israel’s war in Gaza.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of made
Verb
  • Cregger then cast him as the lead of his Resident Evil reboot, which has now scored the franchise’s best reviews and highest-grossing opening weekend, taking in $60 million across its first three days.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Seven days later, the same Panthers held the Falcons to three points, a total that rates in the latter franchise’s lowest sixth percentile for points scored in a regular-season game, also according to Stathead.
    — Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of scored
Verb
  • As someone who still brings up how James Hinchcliffe and Sharna Burgess should’ve won season 23 in casual conversation, I am so pumped Sharna is back in the ballroom after four years.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Laleh Marzban, who won Best Actress in Venice Film Festival’s Orizzonti sidebar, has become the subject of a harsh smear campaign by Islamic Republic state media over comments in her acceptance speech dedicating the prize to the women of Iran.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of won
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“Rung (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rung%20%28up%29. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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