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
SisuSEE-sooFinnish
MÜNİRe-Turkish
Wilhelmus-Dutch
Rauf-Arabic
Coley['kəuli]
VicVIKEnglish