ring up

verb

rang up; rung up; ringing up; rings up

transitive verb

1

: to total and record especially by means of a cash register

ring up a sale

2

: achieve

rang up many social triumphs

Synonyms

• achieve
• attain
• bag
• chalk up
• clock (up) [chiefly British]
• gain
• hit
• log
• make
• notch (up)
• rack up
• score
• win

Examples of ring up in a Sentence

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

touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term

Recent Examples on the Web

Our test unit rang up at $2,679.27—though IT buyers will likely pay less per unit—with an eight-core, vPro manageability-enabled Core Ultra 7 268V chip, the max 32GB of RAM, a 1TB SSD, and a 1,920-by-1,200-pixel IPS non-touch display. —PCMAG, 25 Mar. 2025

Over the next two years, Muhammad rang up five more victories against progressively tougher competition. —Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025

Becoming Led Zeppelin, the hybrid documentary-concert film from Sony Pictures Classics, rings up $993k on 940 screens in week 3 for a cume of $7.4 million. —Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2025

The Eagles then rang up Daniels and the Commanders for 55 points in the NFC Championship game. —Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 10 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for ring up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup

Kids Definition

ring up

verb

: to add up and record on a cash register