ring up
To telephone; to call someone on the telephoneTo telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
» The phone rang, waking Tom up.
Meaning
6 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
(transitive)To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment.
Just ring up these items first. You can ring up those separately.
to perform and record a sale on a cash register
(transitive)To record the payment of.
I'll take these. You can ring me up.
The cashier took a long time to ring him up.
(transitive)To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person).
To rouse by the ringing of a bell.
To strikeout a batter and thereby send him or her back to the dugout.
Examples
38 sentencesThe phone rang, waking Tom up.
As soon as the bell rang, we got up.
Tell him either to call on me or to ring me up.
Скажи йому, нехай або зайде до мене, або зателефонує мені.
ruСкажи ему, чтобы он либо зашел ко мне, либо позвонил.
I'll ring you up tonight.
Я тобі зателефоную ввечорі.
ruЯ тебе вечером позвоню.
deIch rufe dich heute Abend an.
He rang me up at midnight.
Він подзвонив мені опівночі.
ruОн позвонил мне в полночь.
deEr hat mich um Mitternacht angerufen.
Forms
rings up, ringing up, rang up, rung upPhrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- ring upзвати, кричатиTo telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
- ring backпередзвонити, передзвонюватиTo return a phone call.
- ring offTo disconnect at the end of a phone call.
- ring outTo sound clearly and loudly.
- ring inTo make a phone call to (this place).
- ring aroundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
- ring throughTo make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same building.
- ring roundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
Synonyms
4 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb