read someone's mind

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

read someone's mind (third-person singular simple present reads someone's mind, present participle reading someone's mind, simple past and past participle read someone's mind)

1. (idiomatic) To guess or deduce what someone is thinking.

Derived terms

• read minds

Translations

to guess what someone is thinking

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讀懂某人的心思／读懂某人的心思 (dúdǒng mǒurén de xīnsī)

• Finnish: lukea jonkun ajatukset
• French: lire dans les pensées
• Portuguese: ler a mente de alguém
• Russian: чита́ть мы́сли (čitátʹ mýsli)
• Spanish: leer la mente

See also

• have one's head read