"ring up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-ring up.ogg [Australia] Forms: rings up [present, singular, third-person], ringing up [participle, present], rang up [past], rung up [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ring<,,rang,rung> up}} ring up (third-person singular simple present rings up, present participle ringing up, simple past rang up, past participle rung up)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To telephone; to call someone on the telephone. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-ring_up-en-verb-ntp216ko Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 12 14 7 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 17 21 14 24 7 16
  2. (transitive) To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ring_up-en-verb-KUm0Yj-O Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 12 14 7 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 17 21 14 24 7 16
  3. (transitive) To record the payment of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ring_up-en-verb-9N8GkuK9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 12 14 7 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 17 21 14 24 7 16
  4. (transitive) To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-ring_up-en-verb-6U5-5S4D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 12 14 7 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 17 21 14 24 7 16
  5. To rouse by the ringing of a bell. Synonyms: call [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], call up [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], phone [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences], ring [telephone, telephony, telecommunications, communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-ring_up-en-verb-x5V-Rq1M
  6. (baseball) To strikeout a batter and thereby send him or her back to the dugout. Categories (topical): Baseball
    Sense id: en-ring_up-en-verb-vZw0zbYr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 29 12 14 7 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 17 21 14 24 7 16 Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

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