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

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