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Definition of not hear of phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

not hear of

phrasal verb
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not hear of something
  1. to refuse to let somebody do something, especially because you want to help them
    • She wanted to walk home but I wouldn't hear of it.
    • not hear of somebody doing something He wouldn’t hear of my walking home alone.
    see also unheard-of
See not hear of in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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