| 词组 | ring up |
| 释义 | ring up 1. ring sb up • ring up sb • ring up BrE to telephone someone: ▪ He rang me up that same evening and asked me out for a drink. ▪ I rang up the ticket office, but I just got a recorded message. ▪ Someone rang up while you were out. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑phone, ↑call 2. ring up sth if a company rings up a profit, it makes that profit: ▪ Tesco is expected to ring up another 28% rise in profits. 3. ring up sth • ring sth up if a person working in a shop rings up an amount of money, they record the amount the customer has spent by pressing the buttons of the cash register (= a machine used for storing and recording amounts of money in a shop): ▪ I was astonished at what the bill came to when it was rung up on the till. 4. ring up sth AmE to spend a large amount of money: ▪ He rang up a bill of about $1000 at the gift shop before catching his flight home. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑run up |
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