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单词 ring up
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ring up

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verb (adverb)

mainly British to make a telephone call (to)
(tr) to record on a cash register
(tr) to chronicle; recordto ring up another success
ring up the curtain
  1. to begin a theatrical performance
  2. (often foll by on) to make a start (on)

Words nearby ring up

ring taw, ring the changes, ringtone, ringtoss, ring true, ring up, ringwomb, Ringwood, ringworm, rink, rinkhals
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with ring up

ring up

1

Record, especially by means of a cash register, as in They had already rung up the sale so I decided not to get the extra items. [c. 1930] Although older cash registers usually signaled a recorded sale with the ringing of a bell, the idiom survives in the age of computers.

2

Accomplish, achieve, as in They rang up an impressive string of victories.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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