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sound out
verb
(tr, adverb) to question (someone) in order to discover (opinions, facts, etc)
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Idioms and Phrases
Seek the views or intentions of, as in We'd better sound out Mom about who's using the station wagon, or Let's sound out the staff before we decide which week we should close for vacation. This expression derives from sound meaning “to measure the depth of water by lowering a line or lead.” It was transferred to other kinds of inquiry in the late 1500s, but out was not added for several centuries.
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Children best learn to read by starting with foundational skills such as sounding out and decoding words.
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But a stream of faulty alerts continued to sound out the following day.
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The government has already sounded out a number of consultancies to take that on if the situation arises.
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Wolves had been assessing their options for a number of weeks and sounded out candidates, including former West Ham manager David Moyes.
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When Chris Rock started his monologue, the comedian sounded out of breath, as if he’d run up flights of stairs at 30 Rock to get to the stage.
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