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hear out

hear out verb: to listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.

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!

Forms of hear out

third-person singular presenthears out
present participlehearing out
past participleheard out
pastheard out

Questions about hear out

What does hear out mean?
Hear out means to listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.
What part of speech is hear out?
Hear out is a verb.
What is the past tense of hear out?
The past tense of hear out is heard out.

Words near hear out in the dictionary

  1. hear me out
  2. hear me outs
  3. hear of
  4. hear on the grapevine
  5. hear oneself think
  6. hear out
  7. hear tell
  8. hear the end of it
  9. hear the grass grow
  10. hear the last of
  11. hear things

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