set by the ears together

A form of set by the ears — To make (a person or persons) argue; to set quarrelling.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbset by the ears together (third-person singular simple present sets by the ears together, present participle setting by the ears together, simple past and past participle set by the ears together)

present singular third person sets by the ears together · participle present setting by the ears together

  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of set by the ears.

    […] how many lawyer’s purses he filled to bursting, and how many otherwise harmless people he set by the ears together disputing whether he was right or wrong […]

    1868, Wilkie Collins, The Moonstone
Cite this entry
APA

set by the ears together. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20by%20the%20ears%20together

MLA

“set by the ears together.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20by%20the%20ears%20together. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “set by the ears together,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/set%20by%20the%20ears%20together.

Source: set by the ears together on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.