ringing in
Welcoming with bells
Ringing in means to mark or celebrate the arrival of something, especially a new year: We rang in 2024 with champagne and fireworks.
The image comes from bells announcing significant moments.
Less commonly, ringing in describes the act of clocking in at work using a time clock, or in Australian slang, substituting a fraudulent item for a legitimate one.
- New YearJanuary first celebration
- chimeMelodic bell sound
- midnightTwelve o'clock at night
- countdownBackward enumeration to zero
- stroke of midnightExact moment of twelve
heralding · phone · phone call · bell · toll · usher in · tinnitus · ding · commencement · peal · inaugural · clock · alarm clock · ball drop · introduction · Auld Lang Syne · champagne toast · resolutions
ringing inringing out
Sounding clearly, resonantly
closing out · seeing out · ending · concluding · seeing off
ringing infading out
Gradual decrease to nothing
dying away · dying down · trailing off · dissipating · ebbing
ringing inringing out
Sounding clearly, resonantly
clocking out · punching out · signing out · logging out · checking out
ring, ringing, earring, ringed, ringer, ringers, ringside, unring