hear from sb
— phrasal verb with hear uk/hɪər/us/hɪr/verb heard, heard
B1 If you hear from someone, you get a letter, email, or phone call from that person, or that person tells you something:
We haven't heard from her for ages.
You'll be hearing from my solicitors (= they will write to you about my complaint).
More examples
- If you don't hear from the builders this week, make sure you chase them up.
- Do you hear from Samantha much these days?
- We're still waiting to hear from the bank about our mortgage.
- Have you heard from Steve recently?
- Wait until you hear from the boss before making a decision.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Communicating & keeping in touch
- ahold
- bell
- catch up
- communication
- communicative
- give sb a bell idiom
- hear
- interact
- interaction
- pick
- pick up the phone idiom
- radio silence
- raise
- rapporteur
- reach out to sb
- ring (sb) back
- send
- send word idiom
- signal
- touch
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