to hear out
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3.2
- phrasal verb
- /hɪr aʊt/
- Informal
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- I need you to hear me out, okay?
And so my job is to just hear her out.
- And so my job is to just hear her out.
- When I say listen to you, I mean hear you out.
- Just take a step back, you know, hear people out.
- And those chaplains would hear them out, would listen to their confessions.
- Money to me now is like hands, hear me out.
- Not not as far as like you just being a dictator, but just listen, hear you out, allow you to speak, OK.
- Well, these new rules change a lot and you just want to hear these out.
- OK, show up, hear him out.
- So you've got to address everything and he has to be willing to hear you out.
- And so he he heard me out and he said, I'm going to talk to our people.
- I mean that that's why, like my team, we make more deals because our focus is on hearing the other side out to start with.
- And then when they find out, they go hear me out.
- So it's more of a personal directed thing to us or to me to hear you out and just to tell you my thoughts.
- But, you know, maybe it's OK to just hear everyone out and then figure out what is the right balance for everything.
- And even Tamlin and Lucian are really upset about this betrayal, but they still want to hear her out.
- These people are kind of onto something because hear me out, Joey.
- Now, this, this might seem kind of silly, but hear me out.
Examples
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"But I think you should hear me out, and then you can do whatever you wish.
Fiction book (1999) -
We're gonna hear him out.
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And yet there are many wonderful students who are willing at least to consider, to hear you out when you make the case for freedom.
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But, you know, maybe it's OK to just hear everyone out and then figure out what is the right balance for everything.
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Well, now, wait, wait, wait, hear me out here.
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But Max knew from experience there was little he could do but hear him out.
Fiction book (1995) -
I think it's in your best interest to hear me out.
Fiction book (1992) -
If you have active scientists at your facility, hear them out before you make any major decisions.
Academic text (2000) -
Iranians deserve to be happy and free, so please hear us out and help us get there.
Blog text (12) -
I appreciate you taking the time to hear out my concerns about the project.
Synonyms
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1.0
Pay attention to sounds or speech to hear and understand them
∞
1.0
Listen to someone carefully to consider what they say
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3.2
To listen to someone and show you care
1
6.2
To listen carefully to someone
Antonyms
How Attentive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The verb 'hear' clearly provides the core meaning of listening, and 'out' here functions as a particle meaning 'to the end' or 'completely', so the phrase 'hear out' is a compositional extension meaning to listen until someone finishes. However, the particle sense of 'out' is somewhat metaphorical and relies on knowledge of phrasal-verb semantics, so many B1 learners who only know the literal adverbial sense of 'out' may not fully predict the meaning without exposure.
Etymology
Hear out gives a clear image: hear means to listen and out means 'to the end'. So, to hear someone out means 'to listen to someone until they have finished'.