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read minds

read minds verb: to read people's minds (in general).

Verb

read minds (third-person singular simple present reads minds, present participle reading minds, simple past and past participle read minds)

  1. (idiomatic) To read people's minds (in general).
    • Do you think I can tell you what they think? I can't read minds!

Forms of read minds

third-person singular presentreads minds
present participlereading minds
past participleread minds
pastread minds

Origin of read minds

From read someone's mind.

Questions about read minds

What does read minds mean?
Read minds means to read people's minds (in general).
What part of speech is read minds?
Read minds is a verb.
What is the past tense of read minds?
The past tense of read minds is read minds.

Words near read minds in the dictionary

  1. read like a book
  2. read like an open book
  3. read lips
  4. read me
  5. read mes
  6. read minds
  7. read my lips
  8. read off
  9. read oneself in
  10. read only memory
  11. read out

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