Meaning of sound out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To question and listen attentively in order to discover a person's opinion, intent, or preference, especially by using indirect conversational remarks.
   transitive
2. To pronounce a word or phrase by articulating each of its letters or syllables slowly in sequence.
   transitive
3. To speak or sing loudly, to call out.
   intransitive

Equivalents

Examples

“You'll have to ask them—sound them out.”

“Sound out, voices of young men! loudly and musically call me by my nighest name!”

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