pin one's ears back

English

Alternative forms

• pin back one's ears

Verb

pin one's ears back (third-person singular simple present pins one's ears back, present participle pinning one's ears back, simple past and past participle pinned one's ears back)

1. (UK, informal) To listen attentively.

   Synonym: prick up one's ears

Further reading

• “pin back your ears”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.

Anagrams

• pin back one's ears