pin one's ears back
English
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Verb
pin one's ears back (third-person singular simple present pins one's ears back, present participle pinning one's ears back, simple past and past participle pinned one's ears back)
- (UK, informal) To listen attentively.
- Synonym: prick up one's ears
Further reading
- “pin back your ears”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
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