dead ringer

noun

: someone who looks exactly like someone else
She's a dead ringer for my cousin Julie.

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In addition, Alden Ehrenreich isn’t a dead ringer for Harrison Ford. Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 18 Mar. 2025 The Skechers Cordova Saw Vegan Lace-Up Court Sneakers are a dead ringer for Chloé’s Nama style, minus the bank-breaking price point. Maggie Ryan, Flow Space, 17 Mar. 2025 Shula had been at a costume party and is dressed like a dead ringer for Missy Elliott in the music video for The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly). David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Mar. 2025 The rows of printers look like a dead ringer for IBM supercomputer rooms of the 1960s. Diana Budds, Curbed, 24 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dead ringer

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“Dead ringer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead%20ringer. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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