have a familiar ring (redirected from familiar)

have a familiar ring (to it)

if something has a familiar ring, you believe that you have heard it before. I thought that name had a familiar ring. I went to school with that girl.

See also: ring

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have a familiar ring (to it)

to seem as if you have heard it or experienced it before. Passing notes to friends in class may have a familiar ring to it, but these days students use text messages on their phones to send forbidden messages.

ring a bell

See also: ring