1. to refuse to let somebody do something, especially because you want to help them
   • ● She wanted to walk home but I wouldn't hear of it.
   • not hear of somebody doing something
     ● He wouldn’t hear of my walking home alone.
   see also unheard-of

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[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲

not tolerate or permit something
I will not hear of my aunt staying in a hotel when she visits us.

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not tolerate or permit something
I will not hear of my aunt staying in a hotel when she visits us.

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