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hearing the end of it

hearing the end of it is the present participle and gerund 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 hearing the end of it

What is hearing the end of it the present participle and gerund of?
Hearing the end of it is the present participle and gerund of hear the end of it.

Words near hearing the end of it in the dictionary

  1. hearing range
  2. hearing ranges
  3. hearing room
  4. hearing rooms
  5. hearing test
  6. hearing the end of it
  7. hearing the grass grow
  8. hearing the last of
  9. hearing things
  10. hearing through the grapevine
  11. hearing trumpet

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