Collocations for "eavesdropping"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "eavesdropping" in context.
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eavesdrop
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- quiet; I'm trying to eavesdrop
- shouldn't eavesdrop
- caught me eavesdropping
- eavesdropping through the [window, door, wall]
- eavesdropping on their conversation
- was eavesdropping on her phone call
- was caught eavesdropping
- [stretched, leaned] over to eavesdrop
- was in an ideal [position, place] to eavesdrop
- parents who eavesdrop on their children
'eavesdropping' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):