"hang on every word" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hang on every word.ogg Forms: hangs on every word [present, singular, third-person], hanging on every word [participle, present], hung on every word [participle, past], hung on every word [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|hang<,,hung> on every word|head=hang on every word}} hang on every word (third-person singular simple present hangs on every word, present participle hanging on every word, simple past and past participle hung on every word)
  1. (idiomatic) To be completely attentive to what another person is saying. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: with rapt attention Translations (To be completely attentive to what another person is saying): kuunnella jokaista sanaa (Finnish), être pendu aux lèvres de (French), an den Lippen hängen (German), veita nána athygli (Icelandic), missa ekki af (Icelandic)
    Sense id: en-hang_on_every_word-en-verb-nQXxPf3q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Icelandic translations
     
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          "sense": "To be completely attentive to what another person is saying",
          "word": "kuunnella jokaista sanaa"
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