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ringing in

ringing in is the present participle and gerund of ring in.

Meaning of ring in

Verb (1)

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

  1. To make a phone call to (this place).
    • John has just rung in sick. He won't be back till Monday, he says.
  2. (transitive) To celebrate by ringing of bells or as if by ringing of the bells.
    • We will ring in the New Year at a ski resort.
    Synonyms:
    call in

Verb (2)

ring in (third-person singular simple present rings in, present participle ringing in, simple past and past participle ringed in)

  1. (transitive) To encircle, to surround in a ring, engirdle.
    • T'other day as Apollo sat pitching his darts / Through the clouds of November, by fits and by starts, / He began to consider how long it had been, / Since the bards of Old England had all been rung in.1814, [Leigh Hunt], “The Feast of the Poets”, in The Feast of the Poets, […], London: […] [Carew Henry Reynell] for James Cawthorn, […], →OCLC, page 1

Questions about ringing in

What is ringing in the present participle and gerund of?
Ringing in is the present participle and gerund of ring in.

Words near ringing in in the dictionary

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

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