ring one's bell in English

Audio: En-au-ring one's bell.ogg

Forms: rings one's bell [present, singular, third-person], ringing one's bell [participle, present], rang one's bell [past], rung one's bell [participle, past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|ring<,,rang,rung> one's bell}} ring one's bell (third-person singular simple present rings one's bell, present participle ringing one's bell, simple past rang one's bell, past participle rung one's bell)

Inflected forms

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"ring one's bell" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms