"Unring" Not in OED

[James Harbeck]

>Paremiologishly speaking, I'd say part of the wit of the proverb
>"You can't unring a bell" consists in the rarity (if not, indeed,
>the presumed nonexistence) of "unring" as a word.

Ah, yes, like Toni Braxton's "Unbreak my heart" and the anonymous
"OK, I take it back. Unfuck you."

James Harbeck.

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