ring off

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

  1. (intransitive, telephony, British, Australia) To disconnect at the end of a phone call.
    • 2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 68:
      I thanked him and rang off.
  2. (imperative, slang, dated) Buzz off; go away; shut up.
    • 1894, David Todd Praigg, Almetta, page 109:
      [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!"
    • 1897, University of Virginia Magazine, page 183:
      “Oh! ring off on your rhapsodies!” John interjected.
    • 1969, George S. Schuyler, Black No More:
      " [] 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.

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