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.