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ring in

verb
  1. To make a phone call to (this place). · John has just rung in sick. He won't be back till Monday, he says.
  2. To celebrate by ringing of bells or as if by ringing of the bells. (transitive) · We will ring in the New Year at a ski resort.
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On thinking the matter over, it must have occurred to him that it was possible that he had lost the ring in the road after leaving the house.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 48 · B2
“It’s this as has brought me, good gentlemen,” she said, dropping another curtsey; “a gold wedding ring in the Brixton Road.
A Study in Scarlet, p. 50 · B2
In this space lay a large and heavy flagstone with a rusted iron ring in the centre to which a thick shepherd’s-check muffler was attached.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 20 · B2
It will ring in my ears as long as I live.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 75 · C1

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