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chime

1 verb
     
chime1
1 [intransitive and transitive] if a bell or clock chimes, it makes a ringing sound, especially to tell you what time it is:
The clock in the hall chimed six.
2 [intransitive] to be the same as something else or to have the same effect
chime with
Her views on life didn't quite chime with mine.

chime in

phrasal verb
to say something in a conversation, especially to agree with what someone has just said:
'We'll miss you too,' the children chimed in.
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