with all one's ears

prepositional phrase

With keen auditory attention.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. With keen auditory attention.

    The two old men's talk was of […] the doings thirty years back, which didn't interest him much, except when they spoke of the making of the canal; and then indeed he began to listen with all his ears, […]

    1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days
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APA

with all one's ears. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20all%20one's%20ears

MLA

“with all one's ears.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20all%20one's%20ears. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “with all one's ears,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/with%20all%20one's%20ears.

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