as in to achieve
to obtain (as a goal) through effort
touted the many diplomatic triumphs that the president supposedly rang up in his first term
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Brett Beveridge, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Meanwhile in East Hampton, customers were surprised to find England Patriots owner Robert Kraft helping Tom Brady behind the register, ringing up sales at CardVault.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The company rang up $6.67 billion in sales versus the $6.81 billion analysts had penciled in, according to LSEG.
—Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
His assessment is based not on the slack-jawed idolatry of elite-media toadies, but on sources nobody else thought to ring up and poke.
—Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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The goal should be to give employees tools that remove repetitive, low-value tasks (like ringing up purchases) and free them to do what machines can’t do: build relationships, offer empathy and deliver top-notch customer service.
—Brett Beveridge, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Meanwhile in East Hampton, customers were surprised to find England Patriots owner Robert Kraft helping Tom Brady behind the register, ringing up sales at CardVault.
—Nancy Kane, New York Daily News, 2 June 2025
The company rang up $6.67 billion in sales versus the $6.81 billion analysts had penciled in, according to LSEG.
—Lisa Kailai Han,sean Conlon, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
His assessment is based not on the slack-jawed idolatry of elite-media toadies, but on sources nobody else thought to ring up and poke.
—Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
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“Ring (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ring%20%28up%29. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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