hear of

Meaning

1. Oxford80% of films

   to know about sb / sth because you have been told about them

2. Editorial15% of films

   to refuse to allow, accept, or even consider something (usually will not / would not hear of)

   He will not hear of godliness.

In the movies · 112

• My employer had never heard of this missing man, knew nothing about him.Zero Effect1998
• Yeah, we've heard of you. -Thanks.Red River1948
• -Arturro Marquez. Ever hear of him? -What? No.The Usual Suspects1995
• You ever hear of Teleios?Project Power2020
• So if you hear of anything...The Lake House2006
• He will not hear of godliness.Twelfth Night2012
• You ever hear of African JJews?Uncut Gems2019
• You ever hear of Gerald Lambeau?Good Will Hunting1997

Learn it in full scenes

• Twelfth Night2012
  • Orsino's Speech on Music and Love
  • Viola Disguises Herself as a Man
  • Sir Andrew Boasts About Dancing
• Uncut Gems2019
  • Collectors Come to Howard's Showroom
  • Howard and Dinah Fight Then Make Up
  • Kevin Garnett Shops for Jewelry
• Good Will Hunting1997
  • Will Fights Carmine
  • Will Shuts Down a Harvard Grad Student
  • Lambeau Tracks Down Will

From the same entry

• have you heard the one about
• hear hear
• hear tell
• I've heard it all before
• let's hear it for
• not hear the end of it
• you could hear a pin drop
• you hear
• hear the last of
• the last I heard
• be seeing things
• make your voice heard

More phrasal verbs

• catch up
• deal with
• look after yourself
• stay away
• break up
• stay out
• hang out
• lie down
• look forward to
• sleep in
• look out
• take over