hear of

Idioms  

1. Be informed about, as in I'd never heard of that jazz singer before, but she was very good. [Late 1500s] Also see not have it (hear of it).

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Example Sentences

"I hear of so many cases of people using it just to look good."

From BBC

Her friends won’t hear of it, of course.

From Los Angeles Times

One was Rep. Ro Khanna of Fremont, who said last week that he was glad to hear of Feinstein’s return and was “hopeful that she will be able to fulfill her duties.”

From Los Angeles Times

But it is rare to hear of a hippo charging at a boat in that part of Malawi.

From BBC

“The claiming process is now automated, but we still hear of people ‘cruising’ the database for large amounts of money and trying to get people to pay them to ‘locate’ the funds,” he says.

From Seattle Times