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rung off the hook

rung off the hook is the past participle 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 rung off the hook

What is rung off the hook the past participle of?
Rung off the hook is the past participle of ring off the hook.

Words near rung off the hook in the dictionary

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

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