LISTEN IN meaning: Eavesdrop or overhear a conversation

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listen in: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
listen in: Merriam-Webster
listen in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
listen in: Collins English Dictionary
listen in: Vocabulary.com
listen-in: Wordnik
listen in: Wiktionary
listen in: Dictionary.com
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listen in: FreeDictionary.org
listen in: Mnemonic Dictionary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (listen in)

▸ verb:  To listen without participating.
▸ verb:  To eavesdrop; to listen secretly.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To listen to a radio broadcast

Similar:

eavesdrop, talk at, solo, sit idly by, pay no mind, leave, ad lib, lurk, sit on, audit, more...

Phrases:

alert to listen in, unable to listen in, more...

Adjectives:

lithe, heard, listening, arrect, audient, trying, rubber, greet, be, come-hither, hi

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