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Phrase(s): Do you read me?
1. Fig. an expression used by someone communicating by radio, asking if the hearer understands the transmission clearly. • Controller: This is Aurora Center, do you read me? Pilot: Yes, I read you loud and clear. • Controller: Left two degrees. Do you read me? Pilot: Roger, Sir, G’day. 2. Fig. Do you understand what I am telling you? (Said sternly, as when giving an instruction, and used in general conversation, not in radio communication.) • Mary: I want you to pull yourself together and go out and get a job. Do you read me? Bill: Sure. Anything you say. • Mother: Get this place picked up immediately. Do you read me? Child: Yes, ma’am.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs