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heard the end of it

heard the end of it is the simple past and past participle of hear the end of it.

Meaning of hear the end of it

Verb

hear the end of it (third-person singular simple present hears the end of it, present participle hearing the end of it, simple past and past participle heard the end of it)

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic) To cease to be told about, or nagged because of, something.
    • If I spilled wine on their new carpet, I'd never hear the end of it.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, the, end, of, it.
    • Here Scheherazade, perceiving day, left off her story, which did so much whet the sultan's curiosity, that he was absolutely resolved to hear the end of it, and put off the sultaness's execution till the next day.1812, Arabian Nights, page 11

Questions about heard the end of it

What is heard the end of it the simple past and past participle of?
Heard the end of it is the simple past and past participle of hear the end of it.

Words near heard the end of it in the dictionary

  1. heard from
  2. Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  3. heard of
  4. heard oneself think
  5. heard out
  6. heard the end of it
  7. heard the grass grow
  8. heard the last of
  9. heard things
  10. heard voices
  11. heardest

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