ring true
verbEtymology From the sound of a coin when tested for authenticity.
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Idiomatic To seem to be correct, or plausible
- His excuse about his daughter being ill again rings true, to me.
- T.R. Witomski's trashing of gay literature would have rung a bit truer if he had a little less to do with the condition of gay literature as we now know it.1987 February 22, Lars Eighner, “Gay Writers Are Attempting Quality Work”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 31, page 4:
- Antonyms
- ring false, ring hollow