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had ears

had ears is the simple past and past participle of have ears.

Meaning of have ears

Verb

have ears (third-person singular simple present has ears, present participle having ears, simple past and past participle had ears)

  1. to understand
    • You said it all though not many had ears
      All those years ago1981, George Harrison, “All Those Years Ago”, in Somewhere in England

Questions about had ears

What is had ears the simple past and past participle of?
Had ears is the simple past and past participle of have ears.

Words near had ears in the dictionary

  1. had done with
  2. had down
  3. had down as
  4. had down to a science
  5. had drink taken
  6. had ears
  7. had eyes bigger than one's stomach
  8. had eyes for
  9. had eyes in the back of one's head
  10. had fingers made of lime-twigs
  11. had form

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