hear tell

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to hear people talking about sth

In the movies · 7

• She cannot endure to hear tell of a husband.Much Ado About Nothing1993
• That's about the most romantic thing I ever did hear tell!Maria Bamford: Old Baby2017
• He just heard tell why you re here is allThe Hateful Eight2015
• I hear tell y'all buy mussels.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• And l hear tell that's a very painful place to get shot in.Kill Bill: Vol. 22004
• The cattleman's paradise, to hear Jake tell it.Lonesome Dove1989
• Didn't you hear him tell you I ain't no slave?Django Unchained2012
• And to hear Bob tell it, the kid is aces on the pommel horse.The Internship2013

Learn it in full scenes

• Much Ado About Nothing1993
  • Beatrice and Benedick's Merry War
  • Beatrice and Benedick Trade Insults
  • Benedick Scorns Hero and Marriage

From the same entry

• have you heard the one about
• hear hear
• 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
• hear from