Antonyms for rang up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ring

Phonetic Transcription : rɪŋ

Definition of rang up

Origin : "circular band," Old English hring "small circlet, especially one of metal for wearing on the finger or as part of a mail coat; anything circular," from Proto-Germanic *khrengaz (cf. Old Norse hringr, Old Frisian hring, Danish, Swedish, Dutch ring, Old High German hring, German Ring), literally "something curved," from PIE *skrengh- nasalized form of (s)kregh-, from root *(s)ker- "to turn, bend," with wide-ranging derivative senses (cf. Latin curvus "bent, curved," crispus "curly;" Old Church Slavonic kragu "circle," and perhaps Greek kirkos "ring," koronos "curved").
Other Old English senses were "circular group of persons," also "horizon." Meaning "place for prize fight and wrestling bouts" (early 14c.) is from the space in a circle of bystanders in the midst of which such contests once were held, "... a circle formed for boxers, wrestlers, and cudgel players, by a man styled Vinegar; who, with his hat before his eyes, goes round the circle, striking at random with his whip to prevent the populace from crowding in" [Grose, 1788]. Meaning "combination of interested persons" is from 1829. Of trees, from 1670s; fairy ring is from 1620s. Ring finger is Old English hringfingr, a compound found in other Germanic languages. To run rings round (someone) "be superior to" is from 1891.
Nursery rhyme ring a ring a rosie is attested in an American form (with a different ending) from c.1790. "The belief that the rhyme originated with the Great Plague is now almost universal, but has no evidence to support it and is almost certainly nonsense" ["Oxford Dictionary of English Folklore"]. This proposal of connection dates only to the late 1960s.

As in telephone : verb communicate through telephone system
As in total : verb add up
As in call : verb arrange meeting
As in phone : verb telephone
As in communicate : verb give or exchange information, ideas

Example sentences :

The next day he rang up and asked if I wished for another sitting.
Extract from : « An Onlooker in France 1917-1919 » by William Orpen

And Terry—the night the Giant Agong rang up there—we most went crazy!
Extract from : « Terry » by Charles Goff Thomson

So, for the third time, Brett rang up the exchange to get in touch with Paris.
Extract from : « The Albert Gate Mystery » by Louis Tracy

The man went to the telephone and rang up the bottom office.
Extract from : « Sons and Lovers » by David Herbert Lawrence

They settled that he was dead, and rang up the doctor, who agreed with them.
Extract from : « Miss Mapp » by Edward Frederic Benson

With this determination, he rang up the residence of Mrs. Oldham.
Extract from : « The Silver Butterfly » by Mrs. Wilson Woodrow

He went to the library and rang up Sharpe & Smith on the telephone.
Extract from : « The King of Diamonds » by Louis Tracy

One evening she rang up David, and gave him a bad five minutes.
Extract from : « The Following of the Star » by Florence L. Barclay

Then I rang up Rayner on the telephone as I had made arrangement to do.
Extract from : « The Place of Dragons » by William Le Queux

Then she rang up this place and tried to get hold of Grayle—'Mrs. O'Rane.
Extract from : « Sonia Married » by Stephen McKenna

Synonyms for rang up

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