do you read me?

1. Do you understand me? For example, I'm sick of all these meetings—do you read me? This phrase originally applied to messages received by radio or telephone. [c. 1930]

Example Sentences

“Well, since I’m the C.O., and I like nicknames for my troops, you’ll just have to put up with my nickname for you, White America. Do you read me loud and clear?”

From Literature

Do you read me loud and clear, mister?”

From Literature

Do you read me loud and clear?”

From Literature

“That’s why you’re not going to make it, Atchley. You’ve obviously peaked out as a corporal. Countermanding a statement by a superior officer. Now I want you to forget what happened in here today. Do you read me?”

From Literature

Picture astronaut Dave Bowman in “2001” locked outside the spaceship saying, “Do you read me, HAL? … HAL? …”

From Los Angeles Times