Word info

read minds

Verb

Meaning

read minds (third-person singular simple present reads minds, present participle reading minds, simple past and past participle read minds)

(idiomatic, chiefly used conditionally) To read people's minds (in general).
Do you think I can tell you what they think? I can't read minds!

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

I didn't care...about heroes who could read minds or walk through walls or do magic. The heroes I liked had courage and knew more real stuff than those who opposed them. Homer Hickam

I don't pretend that I can read minds. I don't believe anybody can read minds. In other words, I don't believe in psychics. Keith Barry

Here's a freebie: Don't play poker with a kid who can read minds. James Patterson

I can read minds but, it's pointless cause I'm illiterate. I'd know what you were thinking, if I could read. (laugh) I tried to add on to that joke. I got busted. Thought I could squeeze a couple more laughs out of it but, it was not to be. Mitch Hedberg

Every woman wants and needs different things. It's always best when you're honest and you speak up. It's hard to read minds. Nina Dobrev

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