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are you deaf

are you deaf phrase: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see are, you, deaf.

Phrase

are you deaf?

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see are, you, deaf.
  2. (idiomatic, sarcastic) A rhetorical question asked to confront a nondeaf interlocutor who has failed to hear something.

Questions about are you deaf

What does are you deaf mean?
Are you deaf means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see are, you, deaf.
What part of speech is are you deaf?
Are you deaf is a phrase.

Words near are you deaf in the dictionary

  1. are we deadass
  2. are we there yet
  3. are you a man or a mouse
  4. are you allergic to any medications
  5. are you blind
  6. are you deaf
  7. are you doing anything tomorrow
  8. are you feeling better
  9. are you married
  10. are you OK
  11. are you religious

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