ear to the ground

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[ear to the ground] {n. phr.}, {informal} Attention directed to the way things are going, or seem likely to go, or to the way people feel and think.

* /The city manager kept an ear to the ground for a while before deciding to raise the city employees' pay./

* /Reporters keep an ear to the ground so as to know as soon as possible what will happen./

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {n. phr.} ⁵³⁰

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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