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have a familiar ring have a familiar ringTo sound like something one has heard before. I must have read this before—the words in the opening paragraph have a familiar ring to them.See also: familiar, have, ringhave a familiar ring (to it)Fig. [for a story or an explanation] to sound familiar. Your excuse has a familiar ring. Have you done this before? This term paper has a familiar ring to it. I think it has been copied.See also: familiar, have, ringhave a familiar ringSound or seem as though one has already heard of something. For example, That story has a familiar ring; I'm sure I've read it before. See also: familiar, have, ringhave a familiar ˈring (about/to it) sound familiar: His complaints have a familiar ring. Others have said exactly the same thing about our designs. ♢ The music in the movie had a familiar ring to it. I think it was Schumann.See also: familiar, have, ring |