PHONE UP (AND RING UP)
To phone up somebody (or phone somebody up) is to telephone them.
Examples of use:
- Phone up Mr Hargreaves and arrange a meeting, please.
- Max is late. Can you phone him up and ask him where he is?
| infinitive | phone up |
| present simple | phone up and phones up |
| -ing form | phoning up |
| past simple | phoned up |
| past participle | phoned up |