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fell on deaf ears

fell on deaf ears is the simple past of fall on deaf ears.

Meaning of fall on deaf ears

Verb

fall on deaf ears (third-person singular simple present falls on deaf ears, present participle falling on deaf ears, simple past fell on deaf ears, past participle fallen on deaf ears)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive) To be ignored.
    • Every time I ask him to do something for me, it falls on deaf ears.

Questions about fell on deaf ears

What is fell on deaf ears the simple past of?
Fell on deaf ears is the simple past of fall on deaf ears.

Words near fell on deaf ears in the dictionary

  1. fell off the twig
  2. fell off the ugly tree
  3. fell off the wagon
  4. fell on
  5. fell on a grenade
  6. fell on deaf ears
  7. fell on hard times
  8. fell on one's face
  9. fell on one's sword
  10. fell on someone's neck
  11. fell out

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