have one's ears lowered
have one's ears lowered · has one's ears lowered · had one's ears lowered · having one's ears lowered
To get a haircutTo get a haircut.
Meaning
1 senses(dated, humorous, idiomatic)To get a haircut.
Origin
Hair cuts change the relative position of the end of a person's hair and the person's earsHair cuts change the relative position of the end of a person's hair and the person's ears and the term is based on the humorous supposition that the same effect could have been achieved by moving the ears lower down the person's face.
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Forms
has one's ears lowered, having one's ears lowered, had one's ears lowered, had one's ears lowered| Base form | have one's ears lowered · to have one's ears lowered |
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| 3rd person singular | has one's ears lowered |
| Present participle | having one's ears lowered |
| Past simple | had one's ears lowered |
| Past participle | had one's ears lowered |
irregular · Lesson
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | have one's ears lowered |
| he, she, it | has one's ears lowered |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | had one's ears lowered |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have had one's ears lowered |
| he, she, it | has had one's ears lowered |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will have one's ears lowered |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.