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rings off

rings off is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Rings off is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ring off.

Words near rings off in the dictionary

  1. rings of fractions
  2. rings of polynomials
  3. rings of steel
  4. rings of the fisherman
  5. rings of truth
  6. rings off
  7. rings off the hook
  8. rings one's bell
  9. rings out
  10. rings round
  11. rings someone's bell

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