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had one's ears lowered

had one's ears lowered is the simple past and past participle of have one's ears lowered.

Meaning of have one's ears lowered

Verb

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

  1. (dated, humorous, idiomatic) To get a haircut.
    • When you need a haircut, you go to a barber, so here I am at Tommy's Bronxville's tonsorial prepared to get clipped. Or, as we said as kids, have my ears lowered.2006 June 25, “Cutting to the Chase at Barber Shop”, in New York Daily News

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What is had one's ears lowered the simple past and past participle of?
Had one's ears lowered is the simple past and past participle of have one's ears lowered.

Words near had one's ears lowered in the dictionary

  1. had one's back up
  2. had one's bread buttered for life
  3. had one's cake and ate it too
  4. had one's cake and eaten it too
  5. had one's ducks in a row
  6. had one's ears lowered
  7. had one's ears on
  8. had one's ears pinned back
  9. had one's eye on
  10. had one's fill
  11. had one's finger on the pulse

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