dead ringer

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Etymology

See ringer (substitute) and ring the changes

Noun

dead ringer (plural dead ringers)

  1. (idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.
    He is a dead ringer for his grandfather at that age.

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