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See: GIVE A RING also GIVE A BUZZ.

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[give one a ring] also {informal} [give a buzz] To call on the telephone. * /Mrs. Jacobs promised to give her husband a ring in the afternoon./ * /Alice will […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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[give a buzz] See: [GIVE A RING]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

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