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hear out

VERB
listen to
Synonyms


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Even some of the country’s leading conservatives have vowed to hear out the demonstrators.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 31, 2025

While David never mentions the "Real Time" host by name, the timing of the piece and its main character's need to hear out all sides past the point of ludicrousness make the target clear.

From Salon Apr. 22, 2025

Activists I knew in Orange County were intrigued but initially skeptical at staff members’ willingness to hear out ideas, no matter how radical, in an area long dismissed by L.A.-area do-gooders.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2024

The call of the corncrake is a “lovely noise to hear out in the washes,” says Emilie Fox-Teece of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve at Welney, Norfolk.

From BBC Aug. 9, 2024

He could hear, out in the waiting room, his aunt aggressively turning the pages of a magazine.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman




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