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Ring a Bell

What it means

Sound faintly familiar without you being able to place it.

Where it comes from

The bell is Pavlov's. His dogs learned to expect food at a sound, and the phrase carries the same idea of a signal setting off a memory you did not go looking for.

The puzzle it came from

Ring a Bell was the answer to the Phrasicle of April 22, 2025. The clue read ____ a ____, and the words came out of a grid where every neighbouring pair makes a two-word phrase.

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Phrasicle: Ring a Bell

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