Ring
101ring up — verb to perform and record a sale on a cash register (Freq. 1) Sally rang up Eve s purchase of tomatoes • Hypernyms: ↑record, ↑enter, ↑put down • Verb Frames: Somebody s something * * * ring up …
102ring — See: GIVE A RING, RUN CIRCLES AROUND or RUN RINGS AROUND, THREE RING CIRCUS, THROW ONE S HAT IN THE RING …
103ring in — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To bring in (someone or something) from the outside dishonestly or without telling; often: hire and introduce under a false name. * /Bob offered to ring him in on the party by pretending he was a cousin from out of town./ …
104ring — See: GIVE A RING, RUN CIRCLES AROUND or RUN RINGS AROUND, THREE RING CIRCUS, THROW ONE S HAT IN THE RING …
105ring in — {v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To bring in (someone or something) from the outside dishonestly or without telling; often: hire and introduce under a false name. * /Bob offered to ring him in on the party by pretending he was a cousin from out of town./ …
106ring in — UK US ring in Phrasal Verb with ring({{}}/rɪŋ/ verb (rang, rung) ► [I] COMMUNICATIONS, WORKPLACE to make a phone call to your place of work: »Tim rang in to say he wouldn t be coming in. »Men who need to look after a sick child are likely to ring …
107Ring — 1. Berufsübername zu mhd. rinc, ring »Ring, Fingerring« für den Ringmacher bzw. Übername für den Träger eines auffälligen Rings. 2. Übername zu mhd. ring(e) »leicht und schnell bereit, behände«, aber auch »klein, unbedeutend, gering«. 3.… …
108Ring — The custom of the Wedding Ring was probably adopted by the early Church from the marriage customs of the Jews and also of the heathen, as its use has been almost universal. From its shape, having neither beginning nor ending, it is regarded as …
109ring — [OE] English has two distinct words ring. The one meaning ‘circle’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *khrenggaz, which also produced German, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish ring (not to mention the Finnish borrowing rengas). It may be related to Old …
110Ring — You would ring someone on the phone not call them, in the UK. Try saying give me a ring to the next Brit you meet. This does not work well in reverse. I asked someone in a shop to ring me up and he dragged me to the till and pulled my head across …
