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ring off

verb

  1. (intr, adverb) to terminate a telephone conversation by replacing the receiver; hang up

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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But now she’s taken the ring off.

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“Wheels up, ring off”, was reportedly a running joke in the agency, meaning that on foreign assignments, marriage and other commitments were left behind at home.

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Jack quickly worked the ring off the boy’s finger, then slid it onto his own.

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Mullin had stood up from his seat at the dais and appeared to start taking his ring off.

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The senator did stand, and appeared to move to take his wedding ring off, prompting an outcry from the chamber and rebuke by Mr. Sanders.

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