ring up

téléphoner à, appeler

Contacter quelqu’un par téléphone.

En anglais simple : To contact someone by telephone.

• Please ring up your mother.
• She rang me up yesterday evening.
• Can you ring up the office for me?

Comment l'utiliser : ring someone up (I will ring you up after lunch.)

Synonymes : call, phone, telephone

Expressions courantes : ring up someone, ring up home

enregistrer en caisse, passer en caisse

Enregistrer les articles ou leurs prix sur la caisse d’un magasin pour permettre au client de payer.

En anglais simple : To record goods or their cost on a shop’s payment machine so a customer can pay.

• Please ring up these apples.
• The cashier rang up my shopping and handed me a receipt.
• Have you rung up the drinks yet?

Comment l'utiliser : ring something up (The cashier rang the books up separately.)

Synonymes : process a sale

Expressions courantes : ring up items, ring up purchases

faire payer, encaisser

Enregistrer les achats d’un client et recevoir son paiement à la caisse.

En anglais simple : To record a customer’s purchases and take their payment at a shop’s checkout.

• Can you ring me up?
• The cashier rang up the last customer before closing.
• She will ring you up when you have finished shopping.

Comment l'utiliser : ring someone up (Could you ring me up at this register?)

Synonymes : check out

Expressions courantes : ring up someone, ring up customers

retirer sur trois prises

Au baseball, éliminer le frappeur en lançant ou en annonçant une troisième prise.

En anglais simple : In baseball, to make a batter leave their turn by pitching or calling a third strike.

• The pitcher rang up three batters.
• The umpire rang him up on a called third strike.
• She rang up the final batter to end the inning.

Comment l'utiliser : ring a batter up (The pitcher rang the batter up with a fastball.)

Synonymes : strike out, fan

Expressions courantes : ring up someone, ring up batters

sanctionner, statuer contre

Prendre une décision officielle contre quelqu’un, par exemple lui infliger une sanction ou l’éliminer du jeu.

En anglais simple : To make an official decision against someone, such as giving a penalty or ruling them out.

• The referee rang him up for a foul.
• The official rang up the player after the violation.
• They appealed after the umpire rang her up.

Comment l'utiliser : ring someone up for something (The referee rang him up for a foul.)

Synonymes : penalize, rule against

Expressions courantes : ring up someone, ring up players

réveiller en sonnant, appeler en sonnant

Réveiller quelqu’un ou l’appeler à son poste en faisant sonner une cloche.

En anglais simple : To wake someone or call them to duty by ringing a bell.

• The bell rang up the sleeping crew.
• They rang us up for the early watch.
• A sailor rang up the captain at dawn.

Comment l'utiliser : ring someone up (The watch officer rang the crew up before dawn.)

Synonymes : rouse, summon

Expressions courantes : ring up someone, ring up crew