"ring hollow" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: rings hollow [present, singular, third-person], ringing hollow [participle, present], rang hollow [past], rung hollow [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ring<,,rang,rung> hollow}} ring hollow (third-person singular simple present rings hollow, present participle ringing hollow, simple past rang hollow, past participle rung hollow)
  1. (idiomatic) To seem to be false or implausible; to be unconvincing. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: ring false Translations (to seem to be false): klinge hult (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-ring_hollow-en-verb-xrgOJ-UM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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