kiss the ring
kiss the ring is the alternative form of kiss someone's ring.
Meaning of kiss someone's ring
Verb
kiss someone's ring (third-person singular simple present kisses someone's ring, present participle kissing someone's ring, simple past and past participle kissed someone's ring)
- To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone.
- The friendship had faltered during their first year at Oxford, when Barnaby had turned jester-in-chief to a pride of strutting young peacocks with titles and country estates. He had made them laugh and kissed their rings and they in return had sneered at him behind his back.2011, Mark Mills, chapter 9, in House of the Hanged, London: HarperCollins, →ISBN; House of the Hunted: A Novel, 1st U.S. edition, New York, N.Y.: Random House, 2011, →ISBN, page 106
Forms of kiss the ring
| third-person singular present | kisses the ring |
|---|---|
| present participle | kissing the ring |
| past participle | kissed the ring |
| past | kissed the ring |
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