"hear tell" meaning in All languages combined

See hear tell on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: hears tell [present, singular, third-person], hearing tell [participle, present], heard tell [participle, past], heard tell [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hear<,,heard> tell}} hear tell (third-person singular simple present hears tell, present participle hearing tell, simple past and past participle heard tell)
  1. (US and UK dialects) To hear it said. Tags: UK, US, dialectal
    Sense id: en-hear_tell-en-verb-KZmrilUC Categories (other): American English, British English, English entries with incorrect language header

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