"ring off the hook" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rings off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ringing off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rang off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rung off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ring<,,rang,rung> off the hook"
      },
      "expansion": "ring off the hook (third-person singular simple present rings off the hook, present participle ringing off the hook, simple past rang off the hook, past participle rung off the hook)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Telephony",
          "orig": "en:Telephony",
          "parents": [
            "Electronics",
            "Telecommunications",
            "Technology",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively."
      ],
      "id": "en-ring_off_the_hook-en-verb-PT9i2z6r",
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "constantly",
          "constantly"
        ],
        [
          "excessively",
          "excessively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "ring constantly",
          "word": "響個不停"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiǎng gè bùtíng",
          "sense": "ring constantly",
          "word": "响个不停"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ring constantly",
          "word": "soida jatkuvasti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "ring constantly",
          "word": "ne pas arrêter de sonner"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ring constantly",
          "word": "tocar sem parar"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ring off the hook"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "rings off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ringing off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rang off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "rung off the hook",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ring<,,rang,rung> off the hook"
      },
      "expansion": "ring off the hook (third-person singular simple present rings off the hook, present participle ringing off the hook, simple past rang off the hook, past participle rung off the hook)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English verbs",
        "en:Telephony"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I placed the advertisement yesterday, and the phone has been ringing off the hook ever since."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "telephone",
          "telephone"
        ],
        [
          "constantly",
          "constantly"
        ],
        [
          "excessively",
          "excessively"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/En-au-ring_off_the_hook.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "ring constantly",
      "word": "響個不停"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎng gè bùtíng",
      "sense": "ring constantly",
      "word": "响个不停"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ring constantly",
      "word": "soida jatkuvasti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "ring constantly",
      "word": "ne pas arrêter de sonner"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ring constantly",
      "word": "tocar sem parar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ring off the hook"
}