talk out
Britishverb
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(tr) to resolve or eliminate by talking
they talked out their differences
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(tr) to block (a bill, etc) in a legislative body by lengthy discussion
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to dissuade from by talking
she was talked out of marriage
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Discuss a matter exhaustively, as in We talked out our marital problems with the therapist . [c. 1900] Also see talked out .
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Resolve or settle by discussion, as in Karen felt she and her father should talk out their differences . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
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Whenever he would call me about a new script, we’d talk out what’s in my head in the version of events that led me down this path.
From Los Angeles Times
I did the worksheets, lined up, followed directions, answered when I was called on, didn’t talk out of turn, and it was just fine.
From Literature
In France, where politicians have discussed a boycott, sports minister Marina Ferrari and Philippe Diallo, president of the country’s soccer federation, both dismissed such talk out of hand.
From Los Angeles Times
“It might help to talk out some of the problems. That’s what I do in algebra. I talk it out with myself in my room. I mean, I know this isn’t like algebra. . . .”
From Literature
As a parent, the first time I saw one of my sons talk out of their posterior on a subject they knew nothing about, I laughed.
From Salon
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