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ring false
verb
To seem to be incorrect, or implausible
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Exact(51)
P.S. Two details ring false.
Some of Mr. Eggers's references ring false.
Taken too far, the abstracted, naturalist apocalypse starts to ring false in its detachment.
At a certain point, though, mere claims, no matter how solemnly pronounced, begin to ring false.
Only when human kindness changes her mind does the story ring false.
Even within the intended realm of limousine liberals and lapsed idealism, these characters ring false.
Similar(9)
— rings false.
That rings false".
The bible legend rang false.
What rings false is not the fact.
By this time, much of his writing rang false.
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