dead ringer

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dead ringer noun

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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spitting image ringer lookalike look-a-like clone look-alike doppelganger similitude counterpart resembler counterfeit smell-alike sound-alike duplicate congener duplicant mimic

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