ringer : Idioms & Phrases

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Bell ringer

  • noun a person who rings church bells (as for summoning the congregation)
    toller; ringer.
  • noun someone who plays musical handbells
  • noun something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
    bull's eye; home run; mark.
    • the new advertising campaign was a bell ringer
    • scored a bull's eye
    • hit the mark
    • the president's speech was a home run
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  • one who rings a bell or bells, esp. one whose business it is to ring a church bell or chime, or a set of musical bells for public entertainment.
Webster 1913

dead ringer

  • noun a person who is almost identical to another
    ringer; clone.
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ringer solution

  • noun an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations
    Ringer solution.
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ringer's solution

  • noun an aqueous solution containing the chlorides of sodium and potassium and calcium that is isotonic to animal tissues; used to correct dehydration and (in physiological experiments) as a medium for in vitro preparations
    Ringer solution.
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