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Idiom

make the welkin ring

Meaning

To celebrate or revel.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“They cheered loudly to make the welkin ring.”

“The crowd sang songs and shouted with joy to make the welkin ring after the team won the championship.”

“As the bells tolled and the villagers gathered in the square, they raised their voices in a chorus of celebration to make the welkin ring.”

Examples

simple

“They cheered loudly to make the welkin ring.”

contextual

“The crowd sang songs and shouted with joy to make the welkin ring after the team won the championship.”

complex

“As the bells tolled and the villagers gathered in the square, they raised their voices in a chorus of celebration to make the welkin ring.”

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