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[โ€“] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's where the phrase "saved by the bell" comes from isn't it? Because they used to do this with a bell attached to a rope that the person could ring.

[โ€“] abcdqfr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I thought it was when you're getting your shit rocked in the boxing ring and the bell saves you from being pummeled into [T.]K.O.