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To listen to someone until that person has finished.
Stop interrupting and hear me out!
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hear out — verb listen to every detail and give a full hearing to • Hypernyms: ↑listen • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody * * * hear out To listen to (someone) until he or she has said all he or she wishes to say • • • Main Entry: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
hear out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms hear out : present tense I/you/we/they hear out he/she/it hears out present participle hearing out past tense heard out past participle heard out hear someone out to listen to someone until they have finished… … English dictionary
hear out — hear (someone) out to listen to someone until they have finished. Everyone in that room was angry when I got there, but except for one person, they all stayed to hear me out. Usage notes: sometimes used as a request: “Can we end this discussion… … New idioms dictionary
hear out — PHRASAL VERB If you hear someone out, you listen to them without interrupting them until they have finished saying everything that they want to say. [V n P] MPs heard him out in silence... [V n P] Perhaps, when you ve heard me out, you ll… … English dictionary
hear out — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. listen to, yield to, yield the floor to, remain silent; see listen 2 … English dictionary for students
hear out — listen to fully, listen to all that another has to say without interrupting … English contemporary dictionary
hear — W1S1 [hıə US hır] v past tense and past participle heard [hə:d US hə:rd] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(hear sounds/words etc)¦ 2¦(listen to somebody/something)¦ 3¦(be told something)¦ 4¦(in court)¦ 5 have heard of somebody/something 6 not hear the last of somebody… … Dictionary of contemporary English
hear — [ hır ] (past tense and past participle heard [ hɜrd ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 notice sound ▸ 2 receive information ▸ 3 listen to ▸ 4 understand (feeling) ▸ 5 about things said ▸ 6 in court of law ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive never… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
hear — [hir] vt. heard [hʉrd] hearing [ME heren < OE hieran, akin to Ger hören (Goth hausjan) < IE base * keu , to notice, observe > L cavere, be on one s guard, Gr koein, to perceive, hear] 1. to perceive or sense (sounds), esp. through… … English World dictionary
hear — [[t]hɜ͟ː(r)d[/t]] ♦ hears, hearing, heard 1) VERB When you hear a sound, you become aware of it through your ears. [V n] She heard no further sounds... [V n] The trumpet can be heard all over their house... [ … English dictionary
