What does lend an ear mean?

lend an ear

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Frequency: 3.80 in modern English

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"Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your ears: / I come to bury Cæſar, not to praiſe him:"
"I need an easy friend I do, with an ear to lend I do think you fit this shoe I do, but you have a clue"

lends an ear (present, singular) lending an ear (participle, present) lent an ear (participle, past) lent an ear (past)

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