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

Gentlemen, we will all meet here again this time twelvemonth, when the chimes shall ring-in the new year for you.

From Project Gutenberg

You can hear yourself poppin' as plain as you can hear a bell buoy ring-in'.

From Project Gutenberg

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