Usually means: Listen attentively or heed advice.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (give ear)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic, archaic, intransitive) To listen: to devote one's attention to an auditory event.

Similar:
pay heed, attend, pay attention, hang, advert, lend an ear, hearken, listen up, behear, listen, more...

Opposite:
ignore, disregard, tune out

Phrases:
give a thick ear, to give ear to, more...

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Similar:
pay heed, attend, pay attention, hang, advert, lend an ear, hearken, listen up, behear, listen, more...

Opposite:
ignore, disregard, tune out

Phrases:
give a thick ear, to give ear to, more...



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