"have someone's ear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: has someone's ear [present, singular, third-person], having someone's ear [participle, present], had someone's ear [participle, past], had someone's ear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|have<has,,had> someone's ear}} have someone's ear (third-person singular simple present has someone's ear, present participle having someone's ear, simple past and past participle had someone's ear)
  1. (figuratively) To have the attention of someone. Tags: figuratively Related terms: have a word in someone's ear Translations (Translations): avoir l’attention de quelqu’un (French), avoir du crédit auprès de quelqu’un (French), mieć uwagę [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-have_someone's_ear-en-verb-AgXughh8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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