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burn someone's ears

burn someone's ears verb: to cause blushing of someone's ears due to strong embarrassment.

Verb

burn someone's ears (third-person singular simple present burns someone's ears, present participle burning someone's ears, simple past and past participle burned someone's ears or burnt someone's ears)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause blushing of someone's ears due to strong embarrassment.

Forms of burn someone's ears

third-person singular presentburns someone's ears
present participleburning someone's ears
past participleburned someone's ears
pastburned someone's ears
past participleburnt someone's ears
pastburnt someone's ears

Questions about burn someone's ears

What does burn someone's ears mean?
Burn someone's ears means to cause blushing of someone's ears due to strong embarrassment.
What part of speech is burn someone's ears?
Burn someone's ears is a verb.
What is the past tense of burn someone's ears?
The past tense of burn someone's ears is burned someone's ears.

Words near burn someone's ears in the dictionary

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  4. burn someone at the stake
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  6. burn someone's ears
  7. burn that bridge when one comes to it
  8. burn the candle at both ends
  9. burn the coal
  10. burn the coal, pay the toll
  11. burn the midnight oil

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