Usually means: Listen attentively to someone speaking.
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  1. lend an ear: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. lend an ear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lend an ear: Collins English Dictionary
  4. lend an ear: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. lend an ear: Wiktionary
  6. lend an ear: Dictionary.com
  7. Lend an Ear: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. lend an ear: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lend an ear)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To listen to someone.

Similar:
give ear, hear, listen up, hearken, have a listen, hear out, attend, take a listen, lithe, listen after, more...

Opposite:
ignore, disregard, tune out

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Similar:
give ear, hear, listen up, hearken, have a listen, hear out, attend, take a listen, lithe, listen after, more...

Opposite:
ignore, disregard, tune out



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