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buying with one's ears

buying with one's ears is the present participle and gerund 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 buying with one's ears

What is buying with one's ears the present participle and gerund of?
Buying with one's ears is the present participle and gerund of buy with one's ears.

Words near buying with one's ears in the dictionary

  1. buying the rack
  2. buying the rumor
  3. buying time
  4. buying to let
  5. buying up
  6. buying with one's ears
  7. buying wolf tickets
  8. buyings
  9. buyo
  10. buyoff
  11. buyoffs

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