loud and clear

1. Easily audible and understandable. For example, They told us, loud and clear, what to do in an emergency, or You needn't repeat it—I hear you loud and clear. This expression gained currency in the military during World War II to acknowledge radio messages (I read you loud and clear) although it originated in the late 1800s.

Example Sentences

"We heard Californians loud and clear, and what's clear is that they don't want commercials at a volume any louder than the level at which they were previously enjoying a program," Newsom said upon signing the bill.

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“We heard Californians loud and clear, and what’s clear is that they don’t want commercials at a volume any louder than the level at which they were previously enjoying a program,” Newsom said in a news release.

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“The voters spoke loud and clear,” she said.

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And as this is happening here, the right-wing defenders of liberty are telling us loud and clear, in word and in deed, that they won’t be doing anything about it.

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The intended audience, the owners of ABC stations across the country, heard the message loud and clear.

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