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ring in

verb

  1. (intr) to report to someone by telephone

  2. (tr) to accompany the arrival of with bells (esp in the phrase ring in the new year )

  3. (tr) to substitute (a horse) fraudulently for another horse in a race

  4. informal(tr) to recruit or include (a person)

“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


noun

  1. informala horse that serves as a substitute

  2. informala person or thing that is not normally a member of a particular group; outsider

“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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The widow of ex-Home Secretary Lord Brittan, who was falsely accused of being part of a paedophile ring in Westminster, has criticised the decision to drop an investigation into the officer who led an inquiry into the claims.

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Ange Postecoglou, the Australian manager who led Spurs to the first glory they have enjoyed in 17 years by winning the Europa League, has discovered in the most brutal manner that this message carries a hollow ring in the hands of chairman Daniel Levy.

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Malcom Weale, 53, unearthed the ring in a field near Thetford, in Norfolk, in August.

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The morons and monsters on his staff, in his cCabinet and kissing his, ahem, ring in Congress are all complicit in his corruption of reality in order to hold on to power and money.

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A member of the UK's Eurovision entry Remember Monday says she lost her wedding ring in video posted the morning after their Basel performance.

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