listen out for sth
— phrasal verb with listen uk/ˈlɪs.ən/us/ˈlɪs.ən/verb [ I ]
to make an effort to hear a noise that you are expecting:
Would you listen out for the phone while I'm in the garden?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Using the ears
- audio
- auditory
- be all ears idiom
- ear
- earshot
- eavesdrop
- hark at sb! idiom
- hear
- hearken
- lend
- lend an ear idiom
- listen
- listen in on sth/sb
- mishear
- overhear
- pin
- pin back your ears idiom
- prick
- prick (sth) up
- read my lips idiom
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