ring up in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for ring up in the English»French Dictionary

Translations for ring up in the English»French Dictionary

I.ring [Brit rɪŋ, Am rɪŋ] N

III.ring <pret rang, pp rung> [Brit rɪŋ, Am rɪŋ] VB intr

I.up [ʌp] ADJ Up appears frequently in English as the second element of phrasal verbs (get up, pick up etc.). For translations, consult the appropriate verb entry (get, pick etc.).

1. up (high):

VIII.up and down ADV (to and fro)

XIV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB trans (increase)

XV.up <pres part upping; pret, pp upped> [ʌp] VB intr inf

See also pick over, pick, get

I.pick over VB [Brit pɪk -, Am pɪk -] (pick [sth] over, pick over [sth])

I.pick [Brit pɪk, Am pɪk] N

2. pick (poke) → pick at

I.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB trans This much-used verb has no multi-purpose equivalent in French and therefore is very often translated by choosing a synonym: to get lunch = to prepare lunch = préparer le déjeuner.
get is used in many idiomatic expressions (to get something off one's chest etc.) and translations will be found in the appropriate entry (chest etc.). This is also true of offensive comments (get stuffed etc.) where the appropriate entry would be stuff.
Remember that when get is used to express the idea that a job is done not by you but by somebody else (to get a room painted etc.) faire is used in French followed by an infinitive (faire repeindre une pièce etc.).
When get has the meaning of become and is followed by an adjective (to get rich/drunk etc.) devenir is sometimes useful but check the appropriate entry (rich, drunk etc.) as a single verb often suffices (s'enrichir, s'enivrer etc.).
For examples and further uses of get see the entry below.

II.get <pres part getting, prét got, pp got, gotten Am> [ɡet] VB intr

get her inf!
get him inf in that hat!
to get it up vulg sl
bander vulg sl
to get it up vulg sl
to get one's in Am inf

ring up in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for ring up in the English»French Dictionary

II.ring2 <rang, rung> [rɪŋ] VB trans

III.ring2 <rang, rung> [rɪŋ] VB intr

See also down2, down1

IV.down1 [daʊn] N (in football)

British English

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
You know those people who ring up trying to sell stuff to you down the phone?
lifestyle.one
But you can't ring up and expect them to be here in half an hour.
www.canberratimes.com.au
The first episode will arrive this summer and should ring up in the $5-10 range.
www.windowscentral.com
If we can help them ourselves, we do, and if there is a homeless unit we can ring up, for example, we do that.
hackneycitizen.co.uk
They both return home craving food and so decide to ring up the local pizza takeaway.
en.wikipedia.org
It has an explosion crater around 500 m wide, and tuff ring up to 30 m high, which has been eroded away on the south-western side.
en.wikipedia.org
The movie was a science-fiction satire about a road race whose drivers ring up points by deliberately running people down.
boingboing.net
Someone will ring up and say they want to join the co-op.
www.stuff.co.nz
If they ring up the first person they talk to, the person who answers the phone.
www.abc.net.au
Stores across the country are ditching the old-fashioned, clunky machines and having salespeople -- and even shoppers themselves -- ring up sales on smartphones and tablet computers.
www.ctvnews.ca

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