hear things

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hear things (third-person singular simple present hears things, present participle hearing things, simple past and past participle heard things)

1. (idiomatic) To imagine that one hears sounds that are not actually real; to have auditory hallucinations.

   You didn't hear that? Am I hearing things?

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hear,‎ thing.

See also

• see things
• hear voices