hear on the grapevine en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Etymology
See hear through the grapevine.
Meanings
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(informal, transitive) To hear as rumor; to learn through friends of friends, etc.
I heard on the office grapevine that you’re leaving us.
'[…] But most of me mad dad's crew took off to American from what I can make out' - he's talking too much, he has to stop - 'from what I hear on the family grapevine, that's where they went, New York, their loss as far as I'm concerned, don't know what they're missing, eh? […]'
1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, paperback edition, Virago Press, page 124:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hearing on the grapevine | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| hears on the grapevine | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| heard on the grapevine | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| heard on the grapevine | Tense=Past | lexicographic |