read lips



read someone's lips

to manage to understand speech by watching and interpreting the movements of the speaker's lips. I couldn't hear her but I could read her lips.
See also: lip, read

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
KubaKUW-bahPolish
Ognyana-Bulgarian
Pipaluk-Native American, Greenlandic
CathrynKATH-rinEnglish
JuhaYOO-hahFinnish
Joseph['dʒəuzif]