Sekirov Dictionary

take the wax out of one's ears

verb1

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(slang) To listen more carefully or pay closer attention.
- Again, you see, they had not listened to me (how I wanted to take the wax out of their ears!), they did not wish to be turned from their pre-conceived notions. — 1943

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