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talk the ears off someone

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.29 in modern English

Syllables
talk the ears of-f -some-one
IPA
36
Scrabble Score
21
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of talk someone's ear off.

American usage; Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

talks the ears off someone (present, singular) talking the ears off someone (participle, present) talked the ears off someone (participle, past) talked the ears off someone (past)

Synonyms

talk someone's ear off

Questions

What does talk the ears off someone mean?
Synonym of talk someone's ear off.

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