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ring-a-lievio

[ ring-uh-lee-vee-oh ]
/ ˌrɪŋ əˈli viˌoʊ /
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noun

a game played usually between two teams in which the members of one team attempt to find, capture, and imprison the members of the other, who can be freed only by a teammate not yet captured.

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Nearby words

ring syringe, ring taw, ring the changes, ring true, ring up, ring-a-lievio, ring-a-ring o' roses, ring-around-the-rosey, ring-billed gull, ring-dyke, ring-fence

Origin of ring-a-lievio

1900–05; variant of ring relievo, perhaps relieve + -o
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

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