hear out

1. 1.

   listen to every detail and give a full hearing to

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Questions about hear out

What does hear out mean?

hear out means "listen to every detail and give a full hearing to".

Is hear out a common word?

hear out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.