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ring true

idiom

To seem to be correct, or plausible


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    for real and for true

    Genuinely; truly.

  2. 02

    give someone a ring

    To place a telephone call to someone.

  3. 03

    hold the ring

    To oversee a situation while attempting to remain uninvolved in it.

  4. 04

    kiss someone's ring

    To give respect or reverence to someone; to express servitude to someone.

  5. 05

    make the welkin ring

    To celebrate or revel.

  6. 06

    ring a bell

    To seem at least vaguely familiar.

  7. 07

    ring down the curtain

    To end something.

  8. 08

    ring false

    To seem to be incorrect, or implausible.

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