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have ears

have ears verb: to understand.

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

Forms of have ears

third-person singular presenthas ears
present participlehaving ears
past participlehad ears
pasthad ears

Questions about have ears

What does have ears mean?
Have ears means to understand.
What part of speech is have ears?
Have ears is a verb.
What is the past tense of have ears?
The past tense of have ears is had ears.

Words near have ears in the dictionary

  1. have done with
  2. have down
  3. have down as
  4. have down to a science
  5. have drink taken
  6. have ears
  7. have eyes bigger than one's belly
  8. have eyes bigger than one's stomach
  9. have eyes for
  10. have eyes in the back of one's head
  11. have eyes on

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