1.
Receive a letter, call, or other communication from someone, as in I haven't heard from my daughter in two weeks. [Early 1300s]
2.
Be reprimanded by, as in If you don't get home on time, you'll be hearing from your father. [Late 1800s]
hear from
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- forehear
- mishear
- audition (physiology)
- Sewell, Thomas (Quotes By)
- listen
- hear (Idiom)
- hear, hear (Idiom)
- Phonological awareness (in medicine)
- Cavett, Dick (Quotes By)
- detached console
- overhear
- hear a peep out of (Idiom)
- audile
- audio– (prefix)
