to read one's lips

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "read one's lips"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

to observe the shape and movements of someone's lips in order to interpret and understand what they are saying

to [read] {one's} lips definition and meaning
Collocation
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He was so far away that she had to resort to reading his lips to grasp the message.
read my lips
01

used to ask a person to pay attention to one's words and believe them

read my lips definition and meaning
Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I'm telling you, I will not accept any more excuses — read my lips, we need this project completed by Friday.
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