ring through
To make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same buildingTo make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same building.
» Laughter rang out through the house.
Lautes Lachen schallte durchs Haus. — raggione
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1 senses(British, English)To make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same building.
Examples
6 sentencesLaughter rang out through the house.
deLautes Lachen schallte durchs Haus. — raggione
A screech rang out through the air.
A call for help rang through the night.
deEin Hilfeschrei hallte durch die Nacht. — freddy1
Tales of her courageous deeds rang through the country.
deErzählungen über ihre mutigen Taten durcheilten das Land. — Zaghawa
Another shot sounded ringing through the two-story home.
Forms
rings through, ringing through, rang through, rung through| Base form | ring through · to ring through |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | rings through |
| Present participle | ringing through |
| Past simple | rang through |
| Past participle | rung through |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
8 phrasal verbs- ring upзвати, кричатиTo telephone; to call someone on the telephone.
- ring backпередзвонити, передзвонюватиTo return a phone call.
- ring offTo disconnect at the end of a phone call.
- ring outTo sound clearly and loudly.
- ring inTo make a phone call to (this place).
- ring aroundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
- ring throughTo make a telephone call to someone, especially from the same building.
- ring roundTo call a number of people by phone, usually a circle of friends, to organise something.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.