to hear me out
86
4.4
- phrasal verb
- Informal
:
escucharme
- I think it's in your best interest to hear me out.
- Just hear me out
- Please hear me out
- Okay, hear me out
Or, and hear me out, it's a hardware store.
- Or, and hear me out, it's a hardware store.
- Now, this, this might seem kind of silly, but hear me out.
- Take a deep breath, open your mind, be willing to hear me out.
- It was just, he wasn't really trying to hear me out, you know, I got you.
- And I know, I know pet shops are bad, but hear me out.
- Now I know a lot of you don't use iPhones, but hear me out.
- Yes, yes, depending on the situation, yes, but hear me out.
- So you're just delicate because that No, no, wait, just hear me out.
- I will agree that the convenience of now nowadays is no, wait, wait, bro, bro, just hear me out.
- All right, hear me out there, legs, hold on.
- I meant like, hear me out, Let's fuck.
Examples
-
During the meeting, I asked everyone to hear me out so I could explain my proposal.
-
How about you let a brother buy you breakfast while you hear me out?
-
So please hear me out and please listen to me.
-
These people are kind of onto something because hear me out, Joey.
-
Yeah, So hear me out before you get all weird, right?
-
Now hear me out, because I know that that can hit hard for some people, right?
-
I need you to hear me out, okay?
-
I hope you'll hear me out before passing judgment.
Fiction book (2002) -
Just hear me out.
-
Please, hear me out.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Pay attention to sounds or speech to hear and understand them
∞
1.0
Listen to someone carefully to consider what they say
92
3.2
Listen to someone until they finish speaking
3
3.2
To listen to someone and show you care
1
6.2
To listen carefully to someone
Antonyms
How Attentive
Surface Forms
Morphology
hear + me + out
The meaning is built from 'hear' (to listen) + 'me' (object) with the particle 'out' adding a sense of listening until someone finishes or allowing them to finish. While the overall idea is inferable from the parts, the specific particle meaning ('to listen to completion/allow someone to speak') is somewhat idiomatic and could be ambiguous for B1 learners, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Hear me out comes from the simple image of someone asking another person to hear them out and keep listening until they finish. It asks for a fair chance 'before judging', so it means 'to listen until someone finishes speaking'.