"keep one's ears open" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keep<,,kept> one's ears open"
      },
      "expansion": "keep one's ears open (third-person singular simple present keeps one's ears open, present participle keeping one's ears open, simple past and past participle kept one's ears open)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to listen for important information."
      ],
      "id": "en-keep_one's_ears_open-en-verb-3Yfb0vSs",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, idiomatic) to listen for important information."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "keep an ear to the ground"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep a weather eye open"
        },
        {
          "word": "keep one's eyes peeled"
        },
        {
          "word": "lend an ear"
        },
        {
          "word": "prick up one's ears"
        },
        {
          "word": "strain one's ears"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kuunnella korva tarkkana"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "kuunnella korvat höröllä"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "deržátʹ úxo vostró",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "держа́ть у́хо востро́"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "deržátʹ úški na makúške",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "держа́ть у́шки на маку́шке"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep one's ears open"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "keeps one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keeping one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kept one's ears open",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "keep<,,kept> one's ears open"
      },
      "expansion": "keep one's ears open (third-person singular simple present keeps one's ears open, present participle keeping one's ears open, simple past and past participle kept one's ears open)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "keep an ear to the ground"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep a weather eye open"
    },
    {
      "word": "keep one's eyes peeled"
    },
    {
      "word": "lend an ear"
    },
    {
      "word": "prick up one's ears"
    },
    {
      "word": "strain one's ears"
    }
  ],
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        "English lemmas",
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      "glosses": [
        "to listen for important information."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, idiomatic) to listen for important information."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kuunnella korva tarkkana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "kuunnella korvat höröllä"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deržátʹ úxo vostró",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "держа́ть у́хо востро́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deržátʹ úški na makúške",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "держа́ть у́шки на маку́шке"
    }
  ],
  "word": "keep one's ears open"
}