Usually means: Evoke a sense of familiarity.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. ring a bell: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. ring a bell: Merriam-Webster
  3. ring a bell: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. ring a bell: Collins English Dictionary
  5. ring a bell: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ring a bell: Wiktionary
  7. ring a bell: Dictionary.com
  8. Ring a Bell: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. ring a bell: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ring a bell: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ring a bell: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (ring a bell)

verb:  (informal, idiomatic) To seem at least vaguely familiar.
verb:  (informal, idiomatic) To spark a previously forgotten memory.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ring, a, bell.

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