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ring off en · VERB
Meanings
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(Australia, UK, intransitive) To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
I thanked him and rang off.
2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 68:
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(dated, imperative, slang) Buzz off; go away; shut up.
[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:“Oh! ring off on your rhapsodies!” John interjected.
1897, University of Virginia Magazine, page 183:"[…] 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:
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hang up