ring out
Verb
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Verb
ring out
- To sound very loudly.
- Suddenly, a shot rang out and someone screamed.
- 1987, The Pogues - Fairytale of New York
- The boys of the NYPD choir
- Were singing "Galway Bay"
- And the bells were ringing out
- For Christmas day
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 3
- A terrifying volley of pistol-shots rings out—cracks sharply; ripples spread— silence laps smooth over sound
- (telephony) To make a phone call from an internal phone system to a general telephone network number.
- You can ring out if you dial 9 first and wait for the tone before dialling the number.
- 1894, United States. Congress, Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the Fifty-Third Congress, Second Session (volume 26, part 7, page 6484)
- By section 7 a penalty is provided for any “ringing out” of contracts for future delivery.
- 2003, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History (volume 5, page 388)
- On the CBOT, ringing out was voluntary, while on the New York Cotton Exchange, it was compulsory.
ring out (plural ring outs)
- (video games) A win in a fighting game obtained by throwing one's opponent out of the arena.
- 2003, Michael Lummis, Soul Calibur II Official Fighter's Guide Limited Edition (page 105)
- Even when Heihachi doesn't score a ring out with these combos, almost half of an enemy's health disappears […]
- 2003, Michael Lummis, Soul Calibur II Official Fighter's Guide Limited Edition (page 105)
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