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hears the end of it

hears the end of it is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 hears the end of it

What is hears the end of it the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hears the end of it is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hear the end of it.

Words near hears the end of it in the dictionary

  1. hears
  2. hears from
  3. hears of
  4. hears oneself think
  5. hears out
  6. hears the end of it
  7. hears the grass grow
  8. hears the last of
  9. hears things
  10. hears through the grapevine
  11. hears voices

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