hear me out
Let me explain
Hear me out is a request for someone to listen to your full explanation or argument before judging or interrupting.
It often precedes an unconventional idea or unpopular opinion: Hear me out—what if we just skipped the meeting entirely?
The phrase acknowledges that what follows might sound strange or objectionable at first.
- listenPerceive sound attentively
- waitDelay until later
- just a secondRequest for brief patience
- one momentRequest for patience
- patienceCalm during delays
please · bear with me · moment · pause · explain · understand · open mind · pitch · idea · two cents · proposal · attention · consider · chance · opportunity · trust · convince · persuade
- persuasionpersuade, persuasion, persuasive, convince, convincing
- conversational hedgesjust saying, to be honest, frankly, honestly, truth be told
- adviceadvice, advise, tips, counsel, guidance
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- suggestion phraseshow about, why not, consider this, what if, perhaps
- silence commandshush, shh, shush, be quiet, quiet
hear me outshut up
Demand for silence
be quiet · silence · talk to the hand · tune out · stop talking
hear me outobey
Follow commands given
end of story · my way or the highway · comply · demand · command
hear me outbutt in
Interject without welcome
interject · end of discussion · case closed · enough said · say no more
hear, out, hears, heard, hearing, hearer, hearers, overhear, overheard