Did you hear?

Did you hear?
Have you heard? & Did you hear?
a question used to introduce a piece of news or gossip. •

Sally: Hi, Mary. Mary: Hi. Have you heard about Tom and Sue? Sally: No, what happened? Mary: I'll let one of them tell you. Sally: Oh, come on! Tell me!

Bob: Hi, Tom. What's new? Tom: Did you hear that they're raising taxes again? Bob: That's not new.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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