ring off

verb

To disconnect at the end of a phone call.

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Meanings

verbring off (third-person singular simple present rings off, present participle ringing off, simple past rang off, past participle rung off)

present singular third person rings off · participle present ringing off · past rang off · participle past rung off

  1. AustraliaUKintransitivecommunicationsTo disconnect at the end of a phone call.

    I thanked him and rang off.

    2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 68
  2. datedimperativeslangBuzz off; go away; shut up.

    “Oh! ring off on your rhapsodies!” John interjected.

    1897, University of Virginia Magazine, page 183
    2 more examples

    [S]he's not a Bloomer / But knows when she's got you at her wire's end. / It does no good to fret and fume and scoff, / For she all protests meets with "Oh, ring off!"

    1894, David Todd Praigg, Almetta, page 109

    "[…] They say Crookman's going to open a sanitarium in Harlem right away. There's your chance, Big Boy, and it's your only chance." Bunny chuckled. "Oh, ring off," growled Max.

    1969, George S. Schuyler, Black No More

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hang up
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