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

To do this transparently, visibly and with empathy, the trick is to give people the floor to talk out loud. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Now, there will be plenty of moments this year when Cris talks out of his ass and everyone rushes to social media to call him an idiot. — Joe Kinsey Outkick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026

So wait, that means all these people are talking out loud to their computers next to their co-workers? — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026

Just walk around and talk out loud and sort of feel it, feel Valerie a little bit. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 2 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1662, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for talk out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout