ring up | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Totelephone; tocallsomeoneon the telephone.1925July –1926May,A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, inThe Land of Mist(eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia:Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:Malone at oncerang upLord Roxton, and soon heard the familiar voice.1932,Delos W. Lovelace,King Kong, published1965, page 4:"I was just going ashore toringyouup."1950,Norman Lindsay,Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page98:"I'm going toring upthe doctor in a moment, but remember, that partnership has got to be signed first."; (transitive)To enter (a payment) into acash register, ortillin a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment.I'll take these. You canringmeup.Justring upthese items first. You canring upthose separately.1953, Jerrard Tickell,The Dart Players, page21:He took out his wallet and gave her a pound note and a ten-shilling note. Sherang upthe sum on the till, snapped the notes into their little clip, shut the drawer.; (transitive)To record the payment of.The cashier took a long time toringhimup.; (transitive)To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person).2001, Christopher Devine,Thurman Munson: A Baseball Biography‎[1], page184:Munson appeared to have taken Billy's exhortation on aggressiveness to heart. Umpire Jim McKeanrunghimupon strikes at one point in the game, so Thurman bumped him in anger.2004, Michael Coffey,27 Men Out: Baseball's Perfect Games‎[2], page31:Tommy Connolly, perhaps recalling Jones's earlier argumentativeness,runghimup— too close to take.2010, Gary Poole,PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao‎[3], page27:Marcos hadrunghimupon trumped-up charges. From his cell, Aquino led the People's Power movement and ran for president despite being incarcerated.2010, Dennis E. Ekardt,Every Life Is A Story and This Is Mine: A Memoir and Recollections‎[4], page251:During the game I gave the coach of one team, St. Ann's, a technical foul for coming on the court during the action. When Irunghimupone of his players took the basketball and slammed it to the court, it bounced about 15 feet high. Bingo, another technical.; Torouseby the ringing of a bell.; (baseball)Tostrikeoutabatterand thereby send him or her back to thedugout.

Examples:

EN: - And ring up Mamie, will you?
ES: - Y llama a Mamie, ¿quieres?
EN: Come on, get that ring up.
ES: Vamos, levanta ese cerco.
EN: Listen, go and ring up 7280-HOP.
ES: - Escucha, llame al 7280-HOP.
EN: Oh, excuse me. Will you ring up Whitehall 1212?
ES: Perdone, ¿podría llamar al Whitehall 1212?
EN: I knew your phone number because they asked me to ring up.
ES: Se su número de teléfono porque me pidieron que llamara.
EN: It's nearly time to ring up.
ES: Voy a subir el telón.
EN: Well, if you don't believe me ring up police headquarters.
ES: Si no me cree, llame a la jefatura de policía.
EN: Nice time of night to ring up, I must say.
ES: Vaya horas de llamar,
EN: Alright, well I'll ring up and book another seat.
ES: Muy bien. Llamaré y reservaré otro asiento.
EN: I'll go and ring up the aerodrome.
ES: - Iré a llamar al aeródromo.
EN: The least you can do is to ring up a garage and get us some sort of a conveyance to the nearest village.
ES: Búsquenos al menos un vehículo para ir al pueblo.
EN: "Don't ring up the cash register", "don't do this", "don't do that".
ES: ¡No toques la caja! ¡No hagas esto, no hagas lo otro!
EN: All right, if it'll ease your mind, I'll ring up and see if he's left yet.
ES: Para que se tranquilice, llamaré para ver si ya salió.
EN: You hold him here, Mr. Hilfe. I'll ring up the police.
ES: Reténgale aquí, señor Hilfe, voy a llamar a la policía.
EN: Lucas, ring up this Mr. Weber.
ES: Busca al Sr. Weber.

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