dead ringer
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
See ringer (“substitute”) and ring the changes
Noun
dead ringer (plural dead ringers)
- (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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Translations
someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another
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