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Rang the bell when urged to (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pressed

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'rang' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with communicating as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

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(Other definitions for pressed that I've seen before include "Squeezed hard" , "Forced" , "Coerced" , "Urged U crushed" , "crushed juice" .)

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