ring out

  • 11ring out — verb a) To sound very loudly. Suddenly, a shot rang out and someone screamed. b) To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number. A terrifying volley of pistol shots rings out cracks sharply; ripples… …

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  • 12ring out — PHRASAL VERB If a sound rings out, it can be heard loudly and clearly. [V P] A single shot rang out …

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  • 13To ring out — Ring Ring (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[a^]ng) or {Rung} (r[u^]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by… …

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  • 14ring out — (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To resound] Syn. thunder, boom, reverberate; see sound 1 . 2. [To stop] Syn. halt, close, shut down; see stop 2 …

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  • 15ˌring ˈout — phrasal verb literary to produce a loud clear sound …

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  • 16ring out the old year and ring in the new —    This expression means to announce and celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of the next …

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  • 17ring — ring1 [riŋ] vi. rang or Now Chiefly Dial. rung, rung, ringing [ME ringen < OE hringan < IE echoic base * ker > RAVEN1, CREAK, L corvus, crow] 1. to give forth a clear, resonant sound when struck or otherwise caused to vibrate, as a bell …

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  • 18Ring — (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. {Rang} (r[a^]ng) or {Rung} (r[u^]ng); p. p. {Rung}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Ringing}.] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] 1. To cause to sound, especially by striking, as …

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  • 19ring someone/something in — (or out) usher someone or something in (or out) by or as if by ringing a bell the bells were beginning to ring out the old year …

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  • 20ring — ring1 W2S1 [rıŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(jewellery)¦ 2¦(circle)¦ 3 give somebody a ring 4¦(bells)¦ 5¦(criminals)¦ 6 have the/a ring of something 7 have a familiar ring 8 run rings around somebody 9¦(cooking)¦ …

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