1ring something up, ring up somethingRecord an amount on a cash register.
‘he took the money for the drinks and rang it up’
‘I dug out a credit card and stood, wordless, as my sale was rung up.’
‘Ask salespeople if they will hold your selections until the first day of the sales-tax holiday so they can be rung up without tax.’
‘They're also in the express checkout and after all items have been rung up, will suddenly say: ‘Wait, I forgot the milk!’’
‘She orders one anyway and he rings it up on a cash register that has a little Canadian flag on it.’
‘I finished up the sandwiches and started ringing them up on the cash register, but they were too busy ogling the girls and their mini skirts to care.’
‘She half-considered looking it up and ringing it up on the cash register when she went home, which was hopefully near.’
‘The cashier put the brown shoes into a box and rang them up on the cash register.’
‘He'd wrap up your purchase in brown paper and string, ringing it up on one of those ancient cash registers where the numbers popped up and actually went ka-ching!’
‘She marches up to the cash register and lets the employee who was watching me ring it up.’
‘While the sales lady took 45 minutes to ring it up, I drooled over the jewelry and pointed out items for the kid to tell her father to get for me.’
‘It's the game where I buy groceries from her, and she rings them up.’
‘The clerk rang it up and I took out my wallet to pay him.’
‘I looked at the cover of it, called Oh My Vampires, as I rang it up.’
‘I walked right over to the counter and told them that I wanted that specific doughnut and the guy rang it up for me.’
‘Cory handed the guy her purple shirt and he rang it up.’
‘Georgia rang it up and then Beth and Edie headed home.’
‘David gave me his order, and I quickly rang it up.’
‘The woman went in the back and came out and rang the shoes up.’
‘At length, the clerk returned, fished under the counter for a collection of small paper envelopes, and rang them up.’
‘The man scooped their ice creams and then rang them up.’
2also ring someone up, ring up someoneBritish Call someone by phone.
‘Harriet rang Dorothy up the next day’
‘reporters began ringing up for confirmation’
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