hang on someone's lips

hang on (someone's) lips

To listen very closely, intently, or with obsequious attention to what someone is saying. The politician was so charismatic that he had even his detractors hanging on his lips. She had the whole audience hanging on her lips by the end of her presentation. I hung on Amanda's lips, completely enraptured by her passion for the subject.

See also: hang, lip, on

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hang on someone's lips

listen attentively to someone.

See also: hang, lip, on

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