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given someone a ring

given someone a ring is the past participle of give someone a ring.

Meaning of give someone a ring

Verb (1)

give someone a ring (third-person singular simple present gives someone a ring, present participle giving someone a ring, simple past gave someone a ring, past participle given someone a ring)

  1. Become engaged.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, ring.

Verb (2)

give someone a ring (third-person singular simple present gives someone a ring, present participle giving someone a ring, simple past gave someone a ring, past participle given someone a ring)

  1. (idiomatic) To place a telephone call to someone.

Questions about given someone a ring

What is given someone a ring the past participle of?
Given someone a ring is the past participle of give someone a ring.

Words near given someone a ring in the dictionary

  1. given someone a break
  2. given someone a hand
  3. given someone a hard time
  4. given someone a lift
  5. given someone a piece of one's mind
  6. given someone a ring
  7. given someone a shout
  8. given someone an earful
  9. given someone ass cancer
  10. given someone beans
  11. given someone butt cancer

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