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Verb: ring off
Usage: Brit
  1. Put a telephone receiver back in its cradle
    "He angrily rang off the phone after the heated conversation";
    - hang up
     
  2. Interrupt a telephone conversation
    "She rang off without saying goodbye";
    - hang up

Derived forms: rang off, rings off, rung off, ringing off

Type of: break off, break short, cut short, put back, replace

Encyclopedia: Ring off