Dead-ringer meaning

(idiomatic) Someone or something that very closely resembles another; someone or something easily mistaken for another.

He is a dead ringer for his grandfather at that age.

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Origin of dead-ringer

See ringer (“substitute”) and ring the changes

Sentence Examples

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  • But the description of Cleary is a dead ringer for Byrne.

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  • In fact, this bikini is almost a dead-ringer for the one Brigitte Bardot wore in The Girl in the Bikini.

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