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hear tell

hear tell verb: to hear it said.

Verb

hear tell (third-person singular simple present hears tell, present participle hearing tell, simple past and past participle heard tell)

  1. (UK, US, dialectal) To hear it said.
    • I've heard tell that there used to be highwaymen in this part of the country.
    • Listen closely, we, the Gardanes, heard tell of the glory of the nation-kings, how those nobles performed deeds of valor!

Forms of hear tell

third-person singular presenthears tell
present participlehearing tell
past participleheard tell
pastheard tell

Questions about hear tell

What does hear tell mean?
Hear tell means to hear it said.
What part of speech is hear tell?
Hear tell is a verb.
What is the past tense of hear tell?
The past tense of hear tell is heard tell.

Words near hear tell in the dictionary

  1. hear me outs
  2. hear of
  3. hear on the grapevine
  4. hear oneself think
  5. hear out
  6. hear tell
  7. hear the end of it
  8. hear the grass grow
  9. hear the last of
  10. hear things
  11. hear through the grapevine

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