Hear, hear is an expression which represents a listener's agreement with the point being made by a speaker or in response to a toast.
It was originally an imperative for directing attention to speakers, and has since been used, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, as "the regular form of cheering in the House of Commons", with many purposes, depending on the intonation of its user.
[2] It is also used in other parliaments established in the Westminster tradition, such as Australia[3] and Canada.
was used in Parliament from late in the 17th century, and was reduced to hear!
The verb hear had earlier been used in the King James Bible as a command for others to listen.