talk over

verb

talked over; talking over; talks over

transitive verb

: to review or consider in conversation : discuss

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
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Thoughts contradicting one another, talking over each other and stretching reality. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025 The girls don't have to compete with each other for our attention or end up talking over each other and arguing. Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 May 2025 The men, talking over each other frantically, wanted to know why the government was trying to send them to El Salvador and what was happening with their immigration court dates. USA Today, 1 May 2025 On top of family vacations, the pair would visit each other's hometowns on occasion and talk over the phone. Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for talk over

Word History

First Known Use

1734, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of talk over was in 1734

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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20over. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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