strain one's ears
idiom
: to try very hard to hear
I strained my ears to hear what they were whispering.
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“Strain one's ears.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/strain%20one%27s%20ears. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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