sound out
Upper Intermediate (B2)neutral
To carefully ask someone what they think about something before you do it officially.
"The party leader quietly sounded out senior colleagues before announcing the new policy."
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You need to make the sound out loud.
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What do I sound out of that room?
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There was sound out of coming out of them.
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Form of Therapy · 6:43
The pop aspect kind of like expands the sound out.