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| eaves·drop [ vz dròp ] (past and past participle eaves·dropped, present participle eaves·drop·ping, 3rd person present singular eaves·drops) |
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listen secretly: to listen to a conversation without the speakers being aware of it
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| [Early 17th century. Probably back-formation < eavesdropper< obsolete eavesdrop "ground on which rainwater thrown off by eaves falls"; from standing in this area trying to hear private conversations] |
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