Phrase Hound found 29 phrases and 47 compound words that contain hear. The most common are listed below. Open hear in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 29
- Can hear
- hear me outUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear out.
- hear the end of itTo cease to be told about, or nagged because of, something.
- hear outTo listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.
- hear the last ofAlternative form of see the last of: To stop seeing or encountering a person or thing.
- hear voicesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear, voice.
- hear both sidesTo ensure that an accused person has the chance to seek to refute the accusations.
- hear tellTo hear it said.
- hear thingsTo imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.
- long time no hearI haven't heard from you for a long time.
- hear-throughThat sound can pass through.
- hear through the grapevineTo hear rumors; to learn through hearsay.
- hear the grass growTo have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing.
- I hear you sayUsed to introduce one's understanding of someone's point of view.
- now hear thisAn instruction to cease activity and listen to the announcement that will follow.
- hear on the grapevineTo hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.
- one could hear a pin dropExtremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.
- hear oneself thinkTo engage in mental activity without being distracted by noise.
- I can't hear you over the sound ofSaid to dismiss what the interlocutor is saying.
- hear me outsplural of hear me out: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear out.
- hear what I'm sayingSynonym of you know what I mean: You are familiar with the situation I am describing; used to establish common ground with the interlocutor
- there are none so deaf as those who will not hearSynonym of there are none so blind as those who will not see: Understanding cannot be forced on someone who chooses to be ignorant.
- hear yeListen to me; used to introduce a public announcement.
- could hear a pin dropAlternative form of one could hear a pin drop: Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.
- so quiet one can hear a pin dropAlternative form of one could hear a pin drop: Extremely quiet, for example, as during a lull in a normally bustling place or scene, or at a sudden dramatic or tense moment.
Compound words 47
- harkTo listen attentively.
- overhearTo hear something that was not meant for one's ears.
- hearerOne who hears.
- mishearTo hear wrongly.
- unhearTo reverse the process of hearing, so that (a sound, etc.) was never heard.
- hearabilityThe quality or state of being hearable.
- outhearTo hear more acutely than.
- hearableThat can be heard; audible
- hearieA hearing person.
- behearTo give ear to; hear (intently); attend (to); pay attention or give heed to; listen to.