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keep one's ears open

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.05 in modern English

Syllables
keep- one's ears open
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

to listen for important information.

Inflected Forms

keeps one's ears open (present, singular) keeping one's ears open (participle, present) kept one's ears open (participle, past) kept one's ears open (past)

Phrases

keep an ear to the ground keep a weather eye open keep one's eyes peeled lend an ear prick up one's ears strain one's ears

Frequently Paired Words

keep an ear to the ground keep a weather eye open keep one's eyes peeled lend an ear prick up one's ears strain one's ears

Questions

What does keep one's ears open mean?
to listen for important information.

How to pronounce keep one's ears open

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