Antonyms for ring up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ring

Phonetic Transcription : rɪŋ

Definition of ring 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 :

It was useless arguing, and I had to ring up the adjutant again.
Extract from : « Pushed and the Return Push » by George Herbert Fosdike Nichols, (AKA Quex)

My key hangs on this hook; then after I ring up, it hangs here.
Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker

Except when shopping, he made a strict rule to ring up only the most superior.
Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates

The lodge-keeper, stammering: "I'll ring up the house," dashed out of the room.
Extract from : « The Triumph Of Night » by Edith Wharton

Restless and ill at ease, he decided to ring up The Towers, Roxton.
Extract from : « The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley » by Louis Tracy

I went and sat on the arm of her chair and held the ring up.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 22, 1914 » by Various

Go and ring up to the grocer, not to forget to send the things, will you, dear?
Extract from : « The Limit » by Ada Leverson

I can ring up the battery in a second when the 'Uns come, as they ought to in a minute.
Extract from : « Mud and Khaki » by Vernon Bartlett

But proof's what it's best to have before you ring up the curtain.
Extract from : « T. Tembarom » by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Has Mr. Furneaux used the telephone, or did any one ring up?
Extract from : « Number Seventeen » by Louis Tracy

Synonyms for ring up

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