"ear to the ground" meaning in All languages combined

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    {
      "form": "ears to the ground",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "ears to the ground"
      },
      "expansion": "ear to the ground (plural ears to the ground)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "keep a weather eye open"
    }
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          "_dis": "49 51",
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        {
          "ref": "1903, Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Disfranchisement of the Negro”, in The Negro Problem",
          "text": "Congress never enacts a measure which is believed to oppose public opinion;—your Congressman keeps his ear to the ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in A Texas Ranger",
          "text": "“There's no telling what a man might happen onto accidentally if he travels with his ear to the ground.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, David Eddings, Sorceress of Darshiva, page 148",
          "text": "The tavern keeper's an old friend of mine—we was shipmates when we was younger—and he sort of keeps his ear to the ground for me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 May 3, Elaine Shannon, Jessica Reaves, “Who'll Follow Freeh Into the FBI Corner Office?”, in Time",
          "text": "TIME Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon is keeping her ear to the ground as candidates' names start to pop up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness."
      ],
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          "practice",
          "practice"
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          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "mindset",
          "mindset"
        ],
        [
          "attentiveness",
          "attentiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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    },
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        {
          "_dis": "49 51",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1949 August 29, “Chile: Fast Work”, in Time",
          "text": "The ear-to-the-ground President knew that all the unrest could not be blamed on Communists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed."
      ],
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          "well-informed",
          "well-informed"
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      ],
      "qualifier": "usually hyphenated",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attributively, usually hyphenated) Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "to keep one's ear to the ground",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the practice of carefully gathering information",
      "word": "rester à l’écoute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the practice of carefully gathering information",
      "word": "être à l’écoute"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "52 48",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevratítʹsja v slux",
      "sense": "the practice of carefully gathering information",
      "word": "преврати́ться в слух"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ear to the ground"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with audio links"
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "keep a weather eye open"
    }
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
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          "ref": "1903, Charles W. Chesnutt, “The Disfranchisement of the Negro”, in The Negro Problem",
          "text": "Congress never enacts a measure which is believed to oppose public opinion;—your Congressman keeps his ear to the ground.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, William MacLeod Raine, chapter 3, in A Texas Ranger",
          "text": "“There's no telling what a man might happen onto accidentally if he travels with his ear to the ground.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1990, David Eddings, Sorceress of Darshiva, page 148",
          "text": "The tavern keeper's an old friend of mine—we was shipmates when we was younger—and he sort of keeps his ear to the ground for me.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2001 May 3, Elaine Shannon, Jessica Reaves, “Who'll Follow Freeh Into the FBI Corner Office?”, in Time",
          "text": "TIME Justice Department correspondent Elaine Shannon is keeping her ear to the ground as candidates' names start to pop up.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness."
      ],
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          "practice",
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        ],
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          "characteristic",
          "characteristic"
        ],
        [
          "mindset",
          "mindset"
        ],
        [
          "attentiveness",
          "attentiveness"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) The practice or characteristic of carefully gathering information; a state or mindset of attentiveness."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1949 August 29, “Chile: Fast Work”, in Time",
          "text": "The ear-to-the-ground President knew that all the unrest could not be blamed on Communists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed."
      ],
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        [
          "well-informed",
          "well-informed"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "usually hyphenated",
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        "(attributively, usually hyphenated) Pursuing the practice or having the characteristic of carefully gathering information; well-informed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ]
    }
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      "tags": [
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "english": "to keep one's ear to the ground",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the practice of carefully gathering information",
      "word": "rester à l’écoute"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the practice of carefully gathering information",
      "word": "être à l’écoute"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prevratítʹsja v slux",
      "sense": "the practice of carefully gathering information",
      "word": "преврати́ться в слух"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ear to the ground"
}