Usually means: Talk extensively to someone privately.
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  1. bend someone's ear: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. bend someone's ear: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bend someone's ear, bend someone's ear: Collins English Dictionary
  4. bend someone's ear: Wiktionary
  5. bend someone's ear, bend someones_ear: Dictionary.com

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  1. bend someone's ear: English slang and colloquialisms used in the United Kingdom

Definitions from Wiktionary (bend someone's ear)

verb:  (idiomatic) To bore; to talk too long, especially to one particular person.
verb:  (idiomatic) To call someone's attention to an important matter.
verb:  (reflexive) To put a hand behind one's ear and cup it around so as to hear better.


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