talk over
verb
talked over; talking over; talks over
: to review or consider in conversation : discuss
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Examples of talk over in a Sentence
your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip
Recent Examples on the Web
Image The music — loud enough to hear, quiet enough to talk over — swerved from Bell Biv DeVoe to Mobb Deep.
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Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024
While the executives talked over her, Hansen noticed that DeSimone’s eyes had closed and that his chin was resting on his dress shirt.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
The video shows Dugg sporting the gradient Supreme x Nike Ripstop tracksuit surrounded by his best buds talkin’ that talk over aggressive production.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 May 2024
Instead, talks over key issues like wages, AI and working conditions have been paused for now and additional bargaining dates are expected to be scheduled for early June.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Granted, there are things worth getting upset about here, with good and bad art works talking over each other for entire rooms at a time.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
In mid-April, a week before the show’s opening on April 24, Schreck, Neugebauer, Carell, Harper, Pill and Rose gathered to talk over their dinner break in a room off the Beaumont lobby.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
The pair talked over turkey, and her friend told Kravitz to check out Gou’s music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
Characters are constantly talking over each other in a way that feels spontaneous, but the script — filled with interruptive double-slashes and written in two columns demarcating the separate rooms — is anything but.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024
While the executives talked over her, Hansen noticed that DeSimone’s eyes had closed and that his chin was resting on his dress shirt.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024
The video shows Dugg sporting the gradient Supreme x Nike Ripstop tracksuit surrounded by his best buds talkin’ that talk over aggressive production.
—Angel Diaz, Billboard, 20 May 2024
Instead, talks over key issues like wages, AI and working conditions have been paused for now and additional bargaining dates are expected to be scheduled for early June.
—Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
Granted, there are things worth getting upset about here, with good and bad art works talking over each other for entire rooms at a time.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 2 May 2024
In mid-April, a week before the show’s opening on April 24, Schreck, Neugebauer, Carell, Harper, Pill and Rose gathered to talk over their dinner break in a room off the Beaumont lobby.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2024
The pair talked over turkey, and her friend told Kravitz to check out Gou’s music.
—Katie Bain, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2024
Characters are constantly talking over each other in a way that feels spontaneous, but the script — filled with interruptive double-slashes and written in two columns demarcating the separate rooms — is anything but.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20over. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.
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