Usually means: Phone constantly ringing, very busy.
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  1. ring off the hook: Merriam-Webster
  2. ring off the hook, ring off the hook: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ring off the hook: Wiktionary

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  1. ring off the hook: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (ring off the hook)

verb:  (idiomatic) Of a telephone, to ring constantly or excessively.

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