hear out

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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!

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  • A pronominal object comes before out (as above). Non-pronominal objects can come before or after.

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