ring in
Britishverb
-
(intr) to report to someone by telephone
-
(tr) to accompany the arrival of with bells (esp in the phrase ring in the new year )
-
(tr) to substitute (a horse) fraudulently for another horse in a race
-
informal (tr) to recruit or include (a person)
noun
-
informal a horse that serves as a substitute
-
informal a person or thing that is not normally a member of a particular group; outsider
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Zack Polanski, the Green Party candidate, told BBC London he was "feeling confident or I wouldn't have put my hat in the ring in the first place, but I'm not complacent".
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
Ms. Noonan describes 9/11 as a dark ring in the trunk of a tree.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
They then triggered a chemical reaction that converted it into the smaller strained ring in a single step.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026
"Me and my partner had just got engaged, so to find a wedding ring in the centre of our living room just after we'd got engaged was quite odd," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2026
The first man carries the tray to his station, sets an engagement ring in his vise, and peels back the prongs with tweezers.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a wordDefinitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
