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Sound out   /saʊnd aʊt/   Listen
Sound out

verb
1.
Speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way.  Synonyms: articulate, enounce, enunciate, pronounce, say.  "I cannot say 'zip wire'" , "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
2.
Try to learn someone's opinions and intentions.  Synonyms: check out, feel out.





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"Sound out" Quotes from Famous Books



... bumper crop, and there is simply not enough food in the tree to set a sufficient number of fruit buds for the following year's crop. I am sure that a lot of you folks have observed this, and I think, Mr. Magill, that you might sound out some of them. ...
— Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 43rd Annual Meeting - Rockport, Indiana, August 25, 26 and 27, 1952 • Various


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