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rang off

rang off is the simple past of ring off.

Meaning of ring off

Verb

ring off (third-person singular simple present rings off, present participle ringing off, simple past rang off, past participle rung off)

  1. (Australia, UK, intransitive) To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
    • I thanked him and rang off.2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 68
  2. (dated, imperative, slang) Buzz off; go away; shut up.
    • [S]he's not a Bloomer / But knows when she's got you at her wire's end. / It does no good to fret and fume and scoff, / For she all protests meets with "Oh, ring off!"1894, David Todd Praigg, Almetta, page 109

Questions about rang off

What is rang off the simple past of?
Rang off is the simple past of ring off.

Words near rang off in the dictionary

  1. rang back
  2. rang down the curtain
  3. rang false
  4. rang hollow
  5. rang in
  6. rang off
  7. rang off the hook
  8. rang one's bell
  9. rang out
  10. rang round
  11. rang someone's bell

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