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with all one's ears

with all one's ears prepositional phrase: with keen auditory attention.

Prepositional phrase

  1. With keen auditory attention.
    • The two old men's talk was of […] the doings thirty years back, which didn't interest him much, except when they spoke of the making of the canal; and then indeed he began to listen with all his ears, […]1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days

Questions about with all one's ears

What does with all one's ears mean?
With all one's ears means with keen auditory attention.
What part of speech is with all one's ears?
With all one's ears is a prepositional phrase.

Words near with all one's ears in the dictionary

  1. with a wet finger
  2. with a will
  3. with ages
  4. with all due respect
  5. with all of one's heart
  6. with all one's ears
  7. with all one's eyes
  8. with all one's heart
  9. with all one's might
  10. with all the salt in the Dead Sea
  11. with an eye to

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