Meanings
verbhear out (third-person singular simple present hears out, present participle hearing out, simple past and past participle heard out)
present singular third person hears out · participle present hearing out · participle past heard out · past heard out
- idiomatictransitiveTo listen to someone until that person has finished speaking; to thoroughly consider all aspects of someone's argument.
Stop interrupting and hear me out!
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 聽完 /听完
- 聽完 /听完 (tīngwán)to listen to someone until that person has finished
Czech vyslechnout
- vyslechnoutto listen to someone until that person has finished
Finnish kuunnella loppuun
- kuunnella loppuunto listen to someone until that person has finished
French écouter jusqu'au bout
- écouter jusqu'au boutto listen to someone until that person has finished
German ausreden lassen
- ausreden lassento listen to someone until that person has finished
Polish wysłuchać
- wysłuchaćto listen to someone until that person has finished
Russian выслу́шивать, вы́слушать
- выслу́шивать (vyslúšivatʹ)to listen to someone until that person has finished
- вы́слушать (výslušatʹ)to listen to someone until that person has finished
Spanish escuchar atentamente, escuchar lo que tenga que decir
- escuchar atentamenteto listen to someone until that person has finished
- escuchar lo que tenga que decirto listen to someone until that person has finished
- dejar que termine de hablarto listen to someone until that person has finished
Cite this entry
APA
hear out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hear%20out
MLA
“hear out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hear%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hear out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hear%20out.
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