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now hear this

now hear this phrase: an instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.

Phrase

now hear this

  1. (Navy, US) An instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.

Questions about now hear this

What does now hear this mean?
Now hear this means an instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.
What part of speech is now hear this?
Now hear this is a phrase.

Words near now hear this in the dictionary

  1. now
  2. now a days
  3. now and again
  4. now and then
  5. now for
  6. now hear this
  7. now I've heard everything
  8. now I've seen everything
  9. now now
  10. now or never
  11. now that

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