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Definitions

ring up

VERB
call
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ask contact invite phone request summon telephone
STRONG
assemble bid collect convene convoke gather muster rally subpoena
Antonyms
STRONG
disperse
WEAK
cancel
VERB
communicate
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advertise broadcast connect contact convey correspond disclose disseminate get across get through impart inform interact pass on publicize reach out relate reveal suggest tell transfer transmit write
STRONG
acquaint advise announce betray break carry declare discover divulge enlighten hint imply network phone proclaim publish raise report signify spread state unfold
WEAK
be in touch interface keep in touch let on let out make known touch base
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal hide hold keep keep secret secret take withhold
STRONG
be quiet deceive delude keep quiet lose mislead repress stop suppress
WEAK
bottle up cover
VERB
phone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line get someone on the horn give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through touch base with
VERB
telephone
Synonyms
STRONGEST
call up contact dial phone
STRONG
buzz call ring
WEAK
get back to get on the horn get on the line give a call give a jingle give a ring make a call pick up put a call through touch base with
VERB
total
Synonyms
STRONGEST
add amount to come to comprise consist of equal pile up reach yield
STRONG
aggregate calculate cast come figure foot number reckon summate totalize tote
WEAK
mount up to result in run into run to stack up sum up
Antonyms
STRONGEST
disproportion fail imbalance
STRONG
estimate guess
WEAK
subtract take away

Example Sentences

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It could ring up $11 billion in peak yearly sales, analysts project.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

At their best, sci-fi movies can ring up massive box-office returns and gain serious awards-season traction, with the original “Avatar” and “Star Wars” just two top examples.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

I used to ring up people like Alex Ferguson and Mick McCarthy and I remember Mick asking how it was going.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2024

The ones that allow us to ring up our own milk and eggs?

From Slate • Jul. 28, 2023

Hank slides a small ring up the dangling end, then stretches out the rest of the sock and doubles it up over the ring and over my stump.

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.