How is “ring a bell” used?

In Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015), one line is: “Sir, does the name Solomon Lane ring a bell?”

Which movie is “ring a bell” from?

The clip at the top of this page is from Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015).

to sound familiar to you, as though you have heard it before; to make a bell sound, as a signal or to get someone's attention

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to sound familiar to you, as though you have heard it before
Doesn't ring a bell.
Sir, does the name Solomon Lane ring a bell?
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to make a bell sound, as a signal or to get someone's attention

Definiciones del Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, 9.ª edición

Sir, does the name Solomon Lane ring a bell?

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