"ring around" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rings around [present, singular, third-person], ringing around [participle, present], rang around [past], rung around [participle, past], ring round [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,rang,rung>}} ring around (third-person singular simple present rings around, present participle ringing around, simple past rang around, past participle rung around)
  1. To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
    Sense id: en-ring_around-en-verb-FEyYrUN1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "around", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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    },
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    },
    {
      "form": "rang around",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
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      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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          "source": "w"
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        },
        {
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        },
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        }
      ],
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        "To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something."
      ],
      "id": "en-ring_around-en-verb-FEyYrUN1",
      "links": [
        [
          "phone",
          "phone"
        ],
        [
          "circle of friends",
          "circle of friends"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "rang around",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rung around",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something."
      ],
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          "circle of friends"
        ]
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    }
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}

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