- dead ringer
- {n. phr.} A person who strongly resembles someone else. * /Charlie is a dead ringer for his uncle./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
dead ringer
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dead ringer — {n. phr.} A person who strongly resembles someone else. * /Charlie is a dead ringer for his uncle./ … Dictionary of American idioms
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