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believe one's ears

believe one's ears verb: to believe that something which one hears is truly the case.

Verb

believe one's ears (third-person singular simple present believes one's ears, present participle believing one's ears, simple past and past participle believed one's ears)

  1. (idiomatic) To believe that something which one hears is truly the case.

Forms of believe one's ears

third-person singular presentbelieves one's ears
present participlebelieving one's ears
past participlebelieved one's ears
pastbelieved one's ears

Questions about believe one's ears

What does believe one's ears mean?
Believe one's ears means to believe that something which one hears is truly the case.
What part of speech is believe one's ears?
Believe one's ears is a verb.
What is the past tense of believe one's ears?
The past tense of believe one's ears is believed one's ears.

Words near believe one's ears in the dictionary

  1. believablest
  2. believably
  3. believe
  4. believe it or not
  5. believe me
  6. believe one's ears
  7. believe one's eyes
  8. believe one's own eyes
  9. believe you me
  10. believeable
  11. believeableness

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