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ring off

ring off verb: to disconnect at the end of a phone call.

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
    • “Oh! ring off on your rhapsodies!” John interjected.1897, University of Virginia Magazine, page 183

Forms of ring off

third-person singular presentrings off
present participleringing off
pastrang off
past participlerung off

Questions about ring off

What does ring off mean?
Ring off means to disconnect at the end of a phone call.
What part of speech is ring off?
Ring off is a verb.
What is the past tense of ring off?
The past tense of ring off is rang off.

Words near ring off in the dictionary

  1. ring of polynomials
  2. Ring of Solomon
  3. ring of steel
  4. ring of the fisherman
  5. ring of truth
  6. ring off
  7. ring off the hook
  8. ring one's bell
  9. ring oscillator
  10. ring oscillators
  11. ring ousel

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