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talk out
verb
(tr) to resolve or eliminate by talking
they talked out their differences
(tr) to block (a bill, etc) in a legislative body by lengthy discussion
to dissuade from by talking
she was talked out of marriage
Idioms and Phrases
Discuss a matter exhaustively, as in We talked out our marital problems with the therapist . [c. 1900] Also see talked out .
Resolve or settle by discussion, as in Karen felt she and her father should talk out their differences . [Mid-1800s]
Example Sentences
He tried politely to get the requisite small talk out of the way, and despite my nervousness, I was game.
“In Samoan culture, you never talk out of turn,” Moenoa said.
Instead, we talk out of our collective posteriors.
Trump took the locker room talk out of the locker room - and his audience loved it.
Trump used to talk out of both sides of his mouth, but he's gotten much worse now that he's 78 years old.
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