ring a bell
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English[edit]
Verb[edit]
- (idiomatic) To seem at least vaguely familiar.
- His face rings a bell. I wonder if I know him from somewhere.
- (idiomatic) To spark a previously forgotten memory.
- Used other than as an idiom: see ring, a, bell.
Translations[edit]
to seem vaguely familiar
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