talk out

verb

talked out; talking out; talks out

transitive verb

: to clarify or settle by oral discussion

Examples of talk out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But academy voters were apparently too hung up on the image of Carrey talking out of his hindquarters and left him empty-handed. The New York Times Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024 Therapy will provide a place to talk out your feelings, make plans and stay centered. Meghan Leahy, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024 That was a big part of why this [show] took a year to talk out. Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024 Another is to salt the audience with partisans who talk out loud, make rude noises when the opposition is talking and even go so far as to intimidate anyone sitting nearby who supports the opposition. Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 10 Feb. 2024 He was talked out of quitting that time by Real Housewives of Atlanta star Porsha Williams, who said she was fed up with so many competitors giving up. Jillian Sederholm, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2023 Tyler often got in trouble for talking out of turn and fidgeting at his desk. Julie Jargon, WSJ, 16 Dec. 2023 But John Bolton, a conservative hawk who served as national security adviser from 2018 to 2019, wrote in his memoir that Mr. Trump had to be repeatedly talked out of withdrawing from NATO. Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 Dec. 2023 Henderson would clock in at the beginning of studio sessions to talk out concepts and ideas, leaving SZA alone with her engineer to record the bulk of the album. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 2 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1954, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of talk out was in 1954

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“Talk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20out. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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