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buys with one's ears

buys with one's ears is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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Buys with one's ears is the third-person singular simple present indicative of buy with one's ears.

Words near buys with one's ears in the dictionary

  1. buys the rack
  2. buys the rumor
  3. buys time
  4. buys to let
  5. buys up
  6. buys with one's ears
  7. buys wolf tickets
  8. Buyses
  9. Buysse
  10. Buysses
  11. Buyuklu

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