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User_gary Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Ring in changes
Pakistan are set to ring in changes to the national team after their tour of Australia, PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt confirmed.
A new captain and new coaching staff are in the offing.
"This captain (Mohammad Yousuf) was for this series only and we will decide after the tour of Australia about the captain, we will change," Ejaz Butt told the private ARY News channel.
The Yousuf-led Pakistan were whitewashed 3-0 in the Test series against Australia earlier this month.
Pakistan had appointed Younus Khan captain for the tour of New Zealand in November-December last year but he pulled out to take rest, forcing the PCB to hand over the captaincy to Yousuf.
Could you please explain to me what "ring in" means in this context?
It sounds like "bring in" though.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23498/Pak-mulling-changes-in-captaincy-coaching
A new captain and new coaching staff are in the offing.
"This captain (Mohammad Yousuf) was for this series only and we will decide after the tour of Australia about the captain, we will change," Ejaz Butt told the private ARY News channel.
The Yousuf-led Pakistan were whitewashed 3-0 in the Test series against Australia earlier this month.
Pakistan had appointed Younus Khan captain for the tour of New Zealand in November-December last year but he pulled out to take rest, forcing the PCB to hand over the captaincy to Yousuf.
Could you please explain to me what "ring in" means in this context?
It sounds like "bring in" though.
Source : http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/23498/Pak-mulling-changes-in-captaincy-coaching
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It could be a typo for "bring in", or it could be a variant of the expression that is, in my experience, normally written as "ring the changes". This is just an idiomatic way of saying "make changes". I believe the expression's origin is in church bell-ringing; the "changes" are the various permutations, or patterns, that can be rung on a set of bells.
- It could be a typo for "bring in", or it could be a variant of the expression that is, in my experience, normally written as "ring the changes".
- This is just an idiomatic way of saying "make changes".
- I believe the expression's origin is in church bell-ringing; the "changes" are the various permutations, or patterns, that can be rung on a set of bells.
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It could be a typo for "bring in", or it could be a variant of the expression that is, in my experience, normally written as "ring the changes". This is just an idiomatic way of saying "make changes". I believe the expression's origin is in church bell-ringing; the "changes" are the various permutations, or patterns, that can be rung on a set of bells.
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