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See what someone has to say? (3-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lip-read

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'see' is the definition.
(I know that lip-read is a type of read)

'what someone has to say?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'say?' could be 'read' (synonyms) and 'read' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'lip' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lip-read that I've seen before include "Understand by watching mouth" , "How to "hear" when deaf" , "Understand by watching (a person) speak" , "'Hear' by looking" , "Interpret someone''s words when deaf" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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