hear out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (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

• A pronominal object comes before out (as above). Non-pronominal objects can come before or after.

Translations

to listen to someone until that person has finished

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聽完／听完 (tīngwán)

• Czech: vyslechnout (cs)
• Finnish: kuunnella loppuun
• French: écouter jusqu’au bout
• German: ausreden lassen
• Polish: wysłuchać (pl)
• Russian: вы́слушать (ru) pf (výslušatʹ)
• Spanish: escuchar atentamente, escuchar lo que tenga que decir, dejar que termine de hablar

Anagrams

• Thoreau, outhear