hear of

hear of (third-person singular simple present hears of, present participle hearing of, simple past and past participle heard of)

1. To become aware of (a subject, person) through second-hand knowledge, or not through personal experience.

   I first heard of the Electra complex when I was studying psychology.

   Sorry buddy, I've never heard of you.

   • 1965, Herbert, Frank, “Book Three: The Prophet”, in Dune‎ (Science Fiction), New York: Ace Books, →OCLC, page 402‎:

     It came from the southeast, a distant hissing, a sandwhisper. Presently he saw the faraway outline of the creature’s track against the dawnlight and realized he had never before seen a maker this large, never heard of one this size. It appeared to be more than half a league long, and the rise of the sandwave at its cresting head was like the approach of a mountain.
     This is nothing I have seen by vision or in life, Paul cautioned himself.

2. (with "won't", "will not", "wouldn't", etc.) To permit or tolerate.
   • 1966, Margaret Laurence, A Jest of God:

     “The furniture – whatever could we possibly do about all this furniture? I refuse to sell it, Rachel. I won't hear of it.”