"give someone a ring" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give someone a ring.ogg [Australia] Forms: gives someone a ring [present, singular, third-person], giving someone a ring [participle, present], gave someone a ring [past], given someone a ring [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone a ring}} give someone a ring (third-person singular simple present gives someone a ring, present participle giving someone a ring, simple past gave someone a ring, past participle given someone a ring)
  1. Become engaged.
    Sense id: en-give_someone_a_ring-en-verb-~oYQR-Cz
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see give, ring.
    Sense id: en-give_someone_a_ring-en-verb-RX0dy3Ow
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Audio: en-au-give someone a ring.ogg [Australia] Forms: gives someone a ring [present, singular, third-person], giving someone a ring [participle, present], gave someone a ring [past], given someone a ring [participle, past]
Etymology: From the sound of older telephones receiving a call not yet answered. Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> someone a ring}} give someone a ring (third-person singular simple present gives someone a ring, present participle giving someone a ring, simple past gave someone a ring, past participle given someone a ring)
  1. (idiomatic) To place a telephone call to someone. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Telephony Synonyms: give someone a bell, give someone a buzz, give someone a call, give someone a jingle, give someone a tinkle Translations (Translations): dar un telefonazo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-give_someone_a_ring-en-verb-tITTuuUE Disambiguation of Telephony: 1 0 99 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 22 8 71 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 14 56 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 27 12 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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