"have a word in someone's ear" meaning in English

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      "form": "has a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "having a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When you get a moment I'd like to have a word in your ear.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To speak to someone in private."
      ],
      "id": "en-have_a_word_in_someone's_ear-en-verb-PIZZN4oR",
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        [
          "speak",
          "speak"
        ],
        [
          "in private",
          "in private"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To speak to someone in private."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "have someone's ear"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "have a quiet word"
        },
        {
          "word": "have a word in someone's shell-like"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to speak to in private",
          "word": "puhua kahden kesken"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "have a word in someone's ear"
}

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      "form": "has a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "having a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "had a word in someone's ear",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When you get a moment I'd like to have a word in your ear.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To speak to someone in private."
      ],
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          "speak"
        ],
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          "in private",
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        "(idiomatic, informal) To speak to someone in private."
      ],
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        "informal"
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "have a quiet word"
    },
    {
      "word": "have a word in someone's shell-like"
    }
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to speak to in private",
      "word": "puhua kahden kesken"
    }
  ],
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