"burn someone's ears" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: burns someone's ears [present, singular, third-person], burning someone's ears [participle, present], burned someone's ears [participle, past], burned someone's ears [past], burnt someone's ears [participle, past], burnt someone's ears [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|burn<,,:burnt> someone's ears}} burn someone's ears (third-person singular simple present burns someone's ears, present participle burning someone's ears, simple past and past participle burned someone's ears or burnt someone's ears)
  1. (idiomatic) To cause blushing of someone's ears due to strong embarrassment. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: ears are burning
    Sense id: en-burn_someone's_ears-en-verb-TDAMlvb4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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