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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

"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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Earlier openers Danni Wyatt-Hodge and Amy Jones, who made 16 and nine respectively, had sliced catches to the ring off spinner Amy Maguire and Alice Capsey bowled by an Orla Prendergast yorker for five.

From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2026

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

Sometimes she wiggles a ring off of an intubated patient to keep safe for their family members, mindful that their fingers may swell.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2021

Then with his free hand, Rowan reached down and yanked the ring off Goddard’s finger.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

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