overhear

/ˌəʊvəˈhɪər/ verb [T] (past tense and past participle overheard)

Definition

› to hear what someone is saying when they are not talking to you: [+ doing sth] I overheard him telling her he was leaving.

(Definition of overhear verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to manage not to be destroyed, harmed or permanently affected by the difficult situation you...

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