have one's ears lowered

verb

To get a haircut.

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Meanings

verbhave one's ears lowered (third-person singular simple present has one's ears lowered, present participle having one's ears lowered, simple past and past participle had one's ears lowered)

present singular third person has one's ears lowered · participle present having one's ears lowered · participle past had one's ears lowered · past had one's ears lowered

  1. datedhumorousidiomaticTo get a haircut.

    When you need a haircut, you go to a barber, so here I am at Tommy's Bronxville's tonsorial prepared to get clipped. Or, as we said as kids, have my ears lowered.

    2006 June 25, “Cutting to the Chase at Barber Shop”, in New York Daily News

Origin

Hair cuts change the relative position of the end of a person's hair and the person's ears and the term is based on the humorous supposition that the same effect could have been achieved by moving the ears lower down the person's face.

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