"read someone's lips" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-read someone's lips.ogg Forms: reads someone's lips [present, singular, third-person], reading someone's lips [participle, present], read someone's lips [participle, past], read someone's lips [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|read<,,read> someone's lips}} read someone's lips (third-person singular simple present reads someone's lips, present participle reading someone's lips, simple past and past participle read someone's lips)
  1. To discern what someone is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words. Translations (discern what somebody is saying): lukea huulilta (Finnish), czytać z ust (Polish), czytać z ruchu warg (Polish), läsa på läppar (Swedish), läsa någons läppar (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-read_someone's_lips-en-verb-2fov6bdn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of 'discern what somebody is saying': 98 2
  2. (idiomatic) To pay close attention (often imperative). Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-read_someone's_lips-en-verb-ov1lG5Zo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 45 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 44 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 45 55 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 33 67

Inflected forms

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      "word": "lukea huulilta"
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