Usually means: Sounds insincere or unconvincingly untrue.
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  1. ring false: Merriam-Webster
  2. ring false: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ring false: Wiktionary

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  1. ring false: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (ring false)

verb:  (idiomatic) To seem to be incorrect, or implausible.

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