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

For instance, J. Edgar Hoover, who was the first director of the Federal Bureau of Investigations, claimed that his group broke up a Nazi spy ring in South America.

From National Geographic Kids

Paul was driven to the ring in a customised green car to the tune of Phil Collins' In the Air Tonight.

From BBC

The interior of this ring -- in general -- forms the cavity or pore where only certain substances "fit."

From Science Daily

“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

Related Words

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• show
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