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read sth out

phrasal verb with read
 
 
/riːd/ verb (read, read
 
/red/
 
)

Definition

B2 to read something and say the words aloud so that other people can hear: He read out the names of all the winners.Reading
(Definition of read sth out from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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