ring in

verb

1. intr to report to someone by telephone
2. tr to accompany the arrival of with bells (esp in the phrase ring in the new year )
3. tr to substitute (a horse) fraudulently for another horse in a race
4. informal.
   tr to recruit or include (a person)

noun

1. informal.
   a horse that serves as a substitute
2. informal.
   a person or thing that is not normally a member of a particular group; outsider

Example Sentences

“A needle in a haystack would be easier to find than a ring in this house,” he told the couple.

From Los Angeles Times

Trump promised that his second term, coming four years after he lost the presidency to Joe Biden, would ring in a new “golden age” of peace and prosperity for Americans.

From Los Angeles Times

On Tuesday, Hernández gets the chance for which he has waited, about which he has dreamed, for seven years now: to play for a championship team in the championship series, to enjoy that dogpile, to earn a ring in recognition of a World Series in which he participated.

From Los Angeles Times

Investigators used the opportunity to explore the drug supply chain to the pizzeria, leading them to bust a drug ring in western Germany weeks later.

From BBC

Brady left for Tampa Bay and a seventh Super Bowl ring in 2020 and the Patriots have not been the same since, with just one winning season in four and a 29-38 record before Belichick left the team in January this year.

From BBC

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