call up vs give someone a ring

call up

verb
  • To call on the telephone. 

  • To select e.g. to a sports squad. 

  • To summon (someone) to report for military service. 

  • To retrieve from personal or computer memory. 

noun
  • An order to report for military service. 

give someone a ring

verb
  • To place a telephone call to someone. 

  • Become engaged. 

  • Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, ring. 

How often have the words call up and give someone a ring occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )