ring in

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ring in¹

verb rings in · ringing in · rang in · rung in

  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. transitive To celebrate by ringing of bells or as if by ringing of the bells. We will ring in the New Year at a ski resort.

    Similar: call in

ring in²

verb rings in · ringing in · ringed in

  1. transitive To encircle, to surround in a ring, engirdle. T'other day as Apollo sat pitching his darts / Through the clouds of November, by fits and by starts, / He began to consider how long it had been, / Since the bards of Old England had all been rung in.

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@misc{ring_in_2026,
  title = {ring in},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ring%20in},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}