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loud and clear
Idioms and Phrases
Easily audible and understandable. For example, They told us, loud and clear, what to do in an emergency , or You needn't repeat it—I hear you loud and clear . This expression gained currency in the military during World War II to acknowledge radio messages ( I read you loud and clear ) although it originated in the late 1800s.Example Sentences
"As prime minister I've heard these messages loud and clear and I will act on them with focus and determination."
“Don’t worry — you will still hear my voice loud and clear.”
Yet the voice of 91-year-old Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re rang loud and clear as he presided over the mass.
A single theme came through loud and clear: Francis was a pope who prioritized those on the margins and encouraged all Catholics to do the same.
"Those responsible and behind such an act will very soon hear our response, loud and clear," Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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