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ring off

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verb

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

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It was well after dark when Manguillier found Anthony Empson’s wedding ring off Île aux Cerfs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The phone at the Cambridge, Mass.,-based Denham Group “is starting to ring off the hook,” says eXp agent Todd Denman.

From Barron's • Jan. 15, 2026

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.

From Washington Times • Nov. 14, 2023

Miller had a shot ring off the post in overtime right before Eriksson Ek’s game-winner.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 24, 2022

Her lip trembled as she pulled the gold ring off the skeleton’s finger.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack