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ring off

verb
  1. Buzz off; go away; shut up. (dated, slang)
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Do you tell me that in that time the guilty person managed to make footmarks in the corner, open the window, mark the sill with blood, take the wedding ring off the dead man’s finger, and all the rest of it?
The Valley of Fear, p. 41 · C1
The man who tears a wedding ring off a dead man’s—What do you say to it, Mr.
The Valley of Fear, p. 60 · C1

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