hear from

1. Receive a letter, call, or other communication from someone, as in I haven't heard from my daughter in two weeks . [Early 1300s]

2. Be reprimanded by, as in If you don't get home on time, you'll be hearing from your father . [Late 1800s]

Example Sentences

"I can't avoid this feeling that if I just do another drawing, I might hear from a lady in Australia who can't get up in the morning, or a guy who's in rehab. It's a desire to connect in a way that is a life giving."

From BBC

Nonsense that sounds a lot like the echoes we hear from Lewandowski and Johnson today.

From Los Angeles Times

But the court did not hear from the victims themselves, after one person who planned to speak, Mia, a former assistant of Combs who testified anonymously, pulled out after the defence wrote a letter calling her a liar.

From BBC

I suspected they might be a little more interested to hear from the people set to be their consumers for the next several decades.

From Slate

"I will be worried until I hear from them, or they send me a message that they are OK, and they're in a safe place."

From BBC