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set by the ears

set by the ears verb: to make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.

Verb

set by the ears (third-person singular simple present sets by the ears, present participle setting by the ears, simple past and past participle set by the ears)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.
    • [The patrimony of the King's children] was not to be recovered but by […] a bloody and uncertain war, and setting all Christendom together by the ears.1623, John Chamberlain, The Works of Francis Bacon, volume 14, Cambridge University Press, published 2011, →ISBN, page 430
    • Then she used to carry tales and stories from one to another, till she had set the whole neighbourhood together by the ears; […]1712, John Arbuthnot, “The History of John Bull”, in George A. Aitken, The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, Clarendon Press (1892), page 225

set by the ears meaning in Bengali

set by the ears in Bengali

তর্ক করানো, ঝগড়া লাগানো

Forms of set by the ears

third-person singular presentsets by the ears
present participlesetting by the ears
past participleset by the ears
pastset by the ears
alternative formset together by the ears
alternative formset by the ears together

Questions about set by the ears

What does set by the ears mean?
Set by the ears means to make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.
What is set by the ears in Bengali?
Set by the ears in Bengali is তর্ক করানো, ঝগড়া লাগানো. See Set by the ears meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is set by the ears?
Set by the ears is a verb.
What is the past tense of set by the ears?
The past tense of set by the ears is set by the ears.

Words near set by the ears in the dictionary

  1. set at nought
  2. set back
  3. set book
  4. set books
  5. set by
  6. set by the ears
  7. set by the ears together
  8. set chisel
  9. set chisels
  10. set dec
  11. set design

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