out loud

Idioms  

1. Audibly, aloud, as in I sometimes find myself reading the paper out loud, or That movie was hilarious; the whole audience was laughing out loud. First recorded in 1821, this synonym for aloud was once criticized as too colloquial for formal writing, but this view is no longer widespread. Moreover, aloud is rarely used with verbs like laugh and cry. Also see for crying out loud.

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Example Sentences

In some families, a parent reads the books out loud.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I’m a farm boy from Hebron, for crying out loud,” he exclaims.

From Salon

We didn’t say “shame” out loud, but we tiptoed around it.

From The Wall Street Journal

When he was “discharged to the colony,” my dad joined Stanley’s roster of volunteers who read everything out loud to him from correspondence to proofs of articles.

From Salon

U.S. politicians rarely say this out loud, but the current eldercare system was built on the assumption that unpaid daughters and sons would be endlessly available.

From MarketWatch

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