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to discover informally what someone thinks or intends to do about a particular thing, so that you can be prepared or take suitable action: Perhaps you could sound the chairwoman out before the meeting, to see which way she's going to vote? SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Questioning people & asking questions in general.
The meaning of SOUND OUT is to try to find out the opinions of someone by asking questions. How to use sound out in a sentence.
To slowly and carefully pronounce something, such as a letter, syllable, or word, typically as a means of learning how to say it or spell it. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sound" and "out." She helped her daughter sound out the words in the book.
phrasal verb. sound somebody out (about/on something) | sound something out. to try to find out from somebody what they think about something, often in an indirect way. I wanted to sound him out about a job.
If you sound someone out, you question them in order to find out what their opinion is about something. He is sounding out governments in the region on ways to resolve the conflict. [ VERB PARTICLE noun ]
The idiom "sound out" refers to breaking down a word into its individual sounds and pronouncing them separately, in order to learn its correct pronunciation. Before taking his presentation to the board, Tom practiced sounding out each key point, ensuring that he could deliver them clearly and confidently.
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English sound somebody/something ↔ out phrasal verb to talk to someone in order to find out what they think about a plan or idea He sounded people out and found the responses favourable.
