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ring off the hook

ring off the hook verb: of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.

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.

Forms of ring off the hook

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

Questions about ring off the hook

What does ring off the hook mean?
Ring off the hook means of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.
What part of speech is ring off the hook?
Ring off the hook is a verb.
What is the past tense of ring off the hook?
The past tense of ring off the hook is rang off the hook.

Words near ring off the hook in the dictionary

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

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