Synonyms for rung
rʌŋrung

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1. rung, round, stavenoun

   a crosspiece between the legs of a chair

   Synonyms:
   turn, lag, beat, round of drinks, unit of ammunition, daily round, round, circle, rhythm, one shot, round of golf, cycle, troll, spoke, rundle, staff, bout, stave

2. rundle, spoke, rungnoun

   one of the crosspieces that form the steps of a ladder

   Synonyms:
   radius, rundle, round, stave, spoke, wheel spoke

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1. rungnoun

   Synonyms:
   round (of a ladder)

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1. rungnoun

   Synonyms:
   round, rime, rundle (of a ladder)

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1. Customs Enforcement Tom Homan:

   Personally, I'm disgusted because you're right, Mark. I spent almost 35 years, I started as a Border Patrol agent on that border. I worked my work my way up the chain, rung by rung, i was the first director of ICE to actually came up through the ranks. So I spent my whole career doing this. And I can tell you without any doubt in the world that President Trump gave us the most secure border I've seen in my entire career, almost 35 years. That is just a stone-cold fact. You know, regardless if you like the man or not, he did more to secure this border than any president I've worked for…and now it's all been destroyed within weeks by the Biden administration.

2. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus:

   We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action, we have rung the alarm bell loud and clear.

3. The President:

   We join with people around the world in praying for God's protection for persecuted Christians and those of other faiths, as well as for those brave men and women engaged in our military, diplomatic, and humanitarian efforts to alleviate their suffering and restore stability, security, and hope to their nations, in some areas of the Middle East where church bells have rung for centuries on Christmas Day, this year they will be silent; this silence bears tragic witness to the brutal atrocities committed against these communities by ISIL.

4. Theodore Roosevelt:

   The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

5. Thomas Henry Huxley:

   The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.