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Phrase(s): read something out
to read something aloud. • Please read it out so everyone can hear you. • Read out the names loudly., Phrase(s): read someone out (for something)
to chastise someone verbally for doing something wrong. • The coach read the player out for making a silly error. • She really read out the lazy players.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs