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bought with one's ears

bought with one's ears is the simple past and past participle of buy with one's ears.

Meaning of buy with one's ears

Verb

buy with one's ears (third-person singular simple present buys with one's ears, present participle buying with one's ears, simple past and past participle bought with one's ears)

  1. (colloquial) To buy works of art based on reputation and expected future gains rather than aesthetic or artistic value.
    • Foreign buyers entering the western art market are also buying artists with their ears rather than their eyes, and overpaying if others have.2010, Don Thompson, The $12 Million Stuffed Shark, Aurum Press Limited, →ISBN

Questions about bought with one's ears

What is bought with one's ears the simple past and past participle of?
Bought with one's ears is the simple past and past participle of buy with one's ears.

Words near bought with one's ears in the dictionary

  1. bought the rack
  2. bought the rumor
  3. bought time
  4. bought to let
  5. bought up
  6. bought with one's ears
  7. bought wolf tickets
  8. boughten
  9. boughtest
  10. Boughton
  11. Boughton Malherbe

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