ring a bell
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ring a bell (third-person singular simple present rings a bell, present participle ringing a bell, simple past rang a bell, past participle rung a bell)
- (informal, idiomatic) To seem at least vaguely familiar.
- His face rings a bell. I wonder if I know him from somewhere.
- (informal, idiomatic) To spark a previously forgotten memory.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ring, a, bell.
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to seem vaguely familiar
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