"bend someone's ear" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-bend someone's ear.ogg Forms: bends someone's ear [present, singular, third-person], bending someone's ear [participle, present], bent someone's ear [participle, past], bent someone's ear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|bend<,,bent> someone's ear}} bend someone's ear (third-person singular simple present bends someone's ear, present participle bending someone's ear, simple past and past participle bent someone's ear)
  1. (idiomatic) To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person. Tags: idiomatic Categories (topical): Talking Translations (talk too long): iemand de oren van het hoofd kletsen (Dutch), korvia (Finnish), pitkästyttää (Finnish), rebattre les oreilles (French), jemandem ein Ohr abkauen (German), zutexten (German), zanudzać [imperfective] (Polish), все у́ши прожужжа́ть (vse úši prožužžátʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-bend_someone's_ear-en-verb-YDoX6L2z Disambiguation of Talking: 43 23 34 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of English predicates: 26 36 39 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 39 31 29 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 29 35 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 30 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 27 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 26 27 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 47 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 27 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 44 27 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 50 26 24 Disambiguation of 'talk too long': 100 0 0
  2. (idiomatic) To call someone's attention to an important matter. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-bend_someone's_ear-en-verb-NgariGQ5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of English predicates: 26 36 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 29 35
  3. (reflexive) To put a hand behind one's ear and cup it around so as to hear better. Tags: reflexive
    Sense id: en-bend_someone's_ear-en-verb-z2Ll9nSN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 35 38 Disambiguation of English predicates: 26 36 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 29 35
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