"hang on every word" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-hang on every word.ogg [Australia] 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)

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      "sense": "To be completely attentive to what another person is saying",
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