to find out that something has happened
to know about the existence of someone or something
to receive news about someone
to refuse to accept a suggestion or offer
Have you heard of WAP phones?
I said he could stay with us, but he wouldn’t hear of it.
I was shocked to hear of his death.
Not much was heard of him until his reappearance last night.
‘The author’s name was James Bomford.’ ‘Never heard of him!’
hears of
hearing of
heard of
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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