ring up
[verb]
Synonyms: telephone, buzz, call, phone

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ring up phrasal verb (see also ring)

1. British English to telephone someone Synonym : call (somebody) up
ring somebody ↔ up
I’ll ring the manager up tomorrow.
I rang up and made an appointment.

2. ring something ↔ up to press buttons on a cash register to record how much money is being put inside:
The cashier rang up £300 by mistake.

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ring up
ring up (something)
1.
to record the prices of items being bought.
Their groceries had already been rung up at the cash register.

If a sales clerk forgets to ring something up do you call it to his or her attention?

Usage notes: from pushing keys on an old-fashioned cash register - a machine that records a sale and stores the money received, which made a ringing sound
2.
to earn or lose a particular amount of money.
His division, which employs about 300 people worldwide, rang up $50 million in sales last year.

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ring up something
ring up (something)
1.
to record the prices of items being bought.
Their groceries had already been rung up at the cash register.

If a sales clerk forgets to ring something up do you call it to his or her attention?

Usage notes: from pushing keys on an old-fashioned cash register - a machine that records a sale and stores the money received, which made a ringing sound
2.
to earn or lose a particular amount of money.
His division, which employs about 300 people worldwide, rang up $50 million in sales last year.

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ring up
1. • ring up (someone)
to telephone someone
You should ring up the police if you see a strange person around your house.

2. • ring up (something)
to add and record a sale on a cash register
I went to the cash register so the clerk could ring up the items that I had bought.

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ring up something
• ring up (something)
to add and record a sale on a cash register
I went to the cash register so the clerk could ring up the items that I had bought.

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ring up
v.
1. To add and record on a cash register.
The supermarket clerk rang up Mrs. Smith's purchases and told her she owed $33.
Business was bad Tuesday; we didn't ring up a sale all morning.
2. informal To telephone.
Sally rang up Sue and told her the news.

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