The difference between Call up and Ring up
When used as verbs, call up means to retrieve from personal or computer memory, whereas ring up means to telephone, to call someone on the telephone.
Call up is also noun with the meaning: an order to report for military service.
check bellow for the other definitions of Call up and Ring up
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Call up as a noun:
An order to report for military service.
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Call up as a verb:
To retrieve from personal or computer memory.
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Call up as a verb (idiomatic):
To call on the telephone.
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Call up as a verb:
To select e.g. to a sports squad.
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Ring up as a verb (transitive, idiomatic):
To telephone, to call someone on the telephone.
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Ring up as a verb (transitive):
To enter (a payment) into a cash register, or till in a shop, or record a credit- or debit-card payment.
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Ring up as a verb (transitive):
To record the payment of.
Examples:
"The cashier took a long time to ring him up."
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Ring up as a verb (transitive):
To make an adverse official decision concerning (a person).
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Ring up as a verb:
To rouse by the ringing of a bell.
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Ring up as a verb (baseball, dated):
To strikeout a batter and thereby send him or her back to the dugout.