rang up
Called by telephone
Rang up is the past tense of ring up, meaning to record a sale on a cash register: She rang up my groceries.
The phrase evokes the bell sound older registers made when completing transactions.
It extends to accumulating totals: He rang up thousands in credit card debt.
In British usage, to ring someone up is to telephone them: I rang up my mother last night.
called
Contacted by phone
reached · receiver · handset · landline · cordless · ringtone · voicemail · operator · long-distance · area code
cashier
Till operator
barcode · receipt · total · transaction · sale · purchase · customer · queue · conveyor · beep
- called insummoned, phoned, dialed, contacted, called in sick