dead ringer

A person or thing that bears a strong resemblance to someone or something else. Susie was such a dead ringer for Kate Winslet that sometimes people would ask her for her autograph.

dead ringer

A person or thing that closely resembles another; an exact counterpart. For example, Brian's a dead ringer for his Dad, or That red bike is a dead ringer for Mary's. [Late 1800s]

dead ringer

verb

See dead ringer for someone

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Bishop	BISH-əp	English
Raginhard	-	Ancient Germanic
Celino	che-LEE-no (Italian), the-LEE-no (Spanish), se-LEE-no (Latin American Spanish)	Italian (Rare), Spanish (Rare)
KrzyŚ	KZHISH	Polish
Aki (2)	ah-kee	Japanese
Roeland	ROO-lahnt	Dutch