ring true
1ring true — To sound genuine (like a tested coin) • • • Main Entry: ↑ring * * * ring true phrase to sound true or sincere It was a possible explanation, but it didn’t quite ring true. Thesaurus: to be true or believablesynonym …
2ring true — {v. phr.} To have a tone of genuineness; sound convincing. * /I believed his sob story about how he lost his fortune, because somehow it all rang true./ …
3ring true — {v. phr.} To have a tone of genuineness; sound convincing. * /I believed his sob story about how he lost his fortune, because somehow it all rang true./ …
4ring true — if something someone has said or written rings true, it seems to be true. Something about the story didn t quite ring true. (often negative) …
5ring true — to sound true or sincere It was a possible explanation, but it didn t quite ring true …
6Ring True Foundation — The Ring True Foundation was founded in 2001 by former NBA player Manute Bol. The mission of Ring True is to deliver relief to Christians in the Sudan. Ring True comes under heavy persecution by the Sudanese government and Islamic Fundamentalists …
7ring true — verb To seem to be correct, or plausible His excuse about his daughter being ill again rings true, to me. Ant: ring false, ring hollow …
8ring\ true — v. phr. To have a tone of genuineness; sound convincing. I believed his sob story about how he lost his fortune, because somehow it all rang true …
9ring hollow — phrase to sound false or not sincere The company’s claim that it is an unwitting participant rings hollow. Thesaurus: to seem unreal or untruesynonym Main entry: ring * * * ring ˈtrue/ˈhollow/ˈfalse idiom to give the impression of being sinc …
10ring false — ring ˈtrue/ˈhollow/ˈfalse idiom to give the impression of being sincere/true or not sincere/true • It may seem a strange story but it rings true to me. Main entry: ↑ringidiom …
