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have a familiar ring
have a familiar ring (to it)
Fig. [for a story or an explanation] to sound familiar. Your excuse has a familiar ring. Have you done this before? This term paper has a familiar ring to it. I think it has been copied.
have a familiar ring (to it)
to seem as if you have heard it or experienced it before Passing notes to friends in class may have a familiar ring to it, but these days students use text messages on their phones to send forbidden messages.
Related vocabulary: ring a bellhave a familiar ring (to it)
if something has a familiar ring, you believe that you have heard it before I thought that name had a familiar ring. I went to school with that girl.
have a familiar ring
Sound or seem as though one has already heard of something. For example, That story has a familiar ring; I'm sure I've read it before.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Aoife | | EE-fa | Irish, Irish Mythology |
Yedidah | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
Cato (2) | | - | Dutch |
Lorna | | ['lɔ:nə] | |
Ariel | | AR-ee-əl (English), ER-ee-əl (English), AY-ree-əl (English) | Hebrew, English, French, Biblical, Biblical Greek |
Dorofei | | - | Russian |