ring out
phrasal verb
rang out; rung out; ringing out; rings out
: to be heard loudly and clearly
A shot rang out.
Cheers rang out as the winner was announced.
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Moments later, three gunshots ring out—suggesting another weapon was fired — but the screen cuts away without revealing who was hit or what happened next, leaving everyone's fate in suspense.
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Hearing the bells ring out last month for the first time since the fire was another important milestone.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Shots rang out at the Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Black Friday, leaving two people injured, police said in an update Friday evening.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Bells from downtown churches — the Basilica of the Assumption, St. Alphonsus and Zion Lutheran — rang out at noon.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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Jordana Comiter, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Hearing the bells ring out last month for the first time since the fire was another important milestone.
—Joseph Ataman, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Shots rang out at the Park Plaza Mall in Little Rock, Arkansas, on Black Friday, leaving two people injured, police said in an update Friday evening.
—Victoria Arancio, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2024
Bells from downtown churches — the Basilica of the Assumption, St. Alphonsus and Zion Lutheran — rang out at noon.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024
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“Ring out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ring%20out. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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