__ a bell: sounded familiar

• Pushed, as a doorbell
• Was like a bell
• Called up
• Went off, alarmingly
• Sounded a bell
• Struck the bell
• Sounded loudly
• Made a jingle
• "You ___?" (butler's line)

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ring \Ring\ (r[i^]ng), v. t. [imp. Rang (r[a^]ng) or Rung (r[u^]ng); p. p. Rung ; p. pr. & vb. n. Ringing .] [AS. hringan; akin to Icel. hringja, Sw. ringa, Dan. ringe, OD. ringhen, ringkelen. [root]19.] To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic ...