Communication
hang on someone's every word
listen with complete attention
To listen extremely closely because what someone is saying is very interesting or exciting.
Hear it in real life
Did people enjoy the guest speaker?
Definitely. Everyone was hanging on her every word.
The children hung on their grandfather's every word as he described his travels.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I hung at every word of her story.
Say: I hung on every word of her story.
The idiom uses “hang on every word,” not “hang at every word.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
hang on someone's every word; be hanging on someone's every word
Your turn: say it out loud
The children hung on their grandfather's every word as he described his travels.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
hang on someone's every word
listen with complete attention
“The children hung on their grandfather's every word as he described his travels.”
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