keep your ear to the ground

keep your ear to the ground
have/keep/your ear to the ground phrase
to pay attention to what is happening, so that you know about any changes in a situation
Thesaurus: to pay attentionsynonym
Main entry: ear

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keep/have your ear to the ˈground idiom
to make sure that you always find out about the most recent developments in a particular situation

The agent had no suitable properties on his books but promised to keep an ear to the ground for us.

Main entry:earidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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