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Throw your hat in the ring

Posted by Wordman on March 18, 2002

In Reply to: Throw your hat in the ring posted by masakim on February 20, 2002

During WWI Eddie Rickenbacker's fighter squadron was known as the "Hat in the Ring" squadron, probably in reference to the US late entry into the conflict. The expression was well accepted by then .

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