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rang off the hook

rang off the hook is the simple past of ring off the hook.

Meaning of ring off the hook

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.
    • I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since.

Questions about rang off the hook

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

Words near rang off the hook in the dictionary

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

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