have someone's ear

English

Verb

have someone's ear (third-person singular simple present has someone's ear, present participle having someone's ear, simple past and past participle had someone's ear)

1. (figuratively) To have the attention of someone.

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: olla jonkun huomio (literally “to have someone's attention”) (subject in adessive)
• French: avoir l’attention de quelqu’un, avoir du crédit auprès de quelqu’un
• Polish: mieć uwagę impf

See also

• have a word in someone's ear

Further reading

• “have someone's ear”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “have someone s ear” (US) / “have someone s ear” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “have someone's ear”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “have somebody s ear” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.
• “have someone's ear”, in Collins English Dictionary.