hear out
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]hear out (third-person singular simple present hears out, present participle hearing out, simple past and past participle heard out)
- (idiomatic, transitive) To listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.
- Stop interrupting and hear me out!
Usage notes
[edit]- A pronominal object comes before out (as above). Non-pronominal objects can come before or after.
Translations
[edit]to listen to someone until that person has finished
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