phone up

To contact someone by telephone.

• Phone me up tonight.
• She phoned up her mother for a chat.
• Have you phoned the office up yet?

How to use it: phone someone up (I will phone you up tonight.)

Similar words: phone, call, ring up

Common phrases: phone up someone, phone someone up

To order something by making a telephone call.

• Let’s phone up a pizza.
• They phoned up some food after the meeting.
• Have you phoned up our dinner yet?

How to use it: phone up something (We phoned up a takeaway for dinner.)

Similar words: order by phone, call in an order

Common phrases: phone up a pizza, phone up some food