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lend one's ear

Also, lend an ear. Pay attention, listen, as in “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears” (Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 3:2). This idiom may be obsolescent. [Late 1300s]

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Nearby words

  1. lenclos, ninon de,
  2. lend,
  3. lend a hand,
  4. lend color to,
  5. lend itself to,
  6. lend-lease,
  7. lendable,
  8. lender,
  9. lender of last resort,
  10. lending library
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