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
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.
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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
Bidwill reiterated the same concerns during a later meeting with city officials and VAI executives, and stressed the importance of including the Cardinals in the talks over the project’s design.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Burns toured the Middle East over the past several days trying to push talks over the finish line.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
In the talks over releasing hostages and implementing a cease-fire, Egyptian intelligence has been a conduit to Hamas, and the Qataris have been a conduit to the militant group's political leadership.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
Qatar said this threatens to undermine talks over a new deal.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
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
Bidwill reiterated the same concerns during a later meeting with city officials and VAI executives, and stressed the importance of including the Cardinals in the talks over the project’s design.
—Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Burns toured the Middle East over the past several days trying to push talks over the finish line.
—Leo Sands, Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2024
In the talks over releasing hostages and implementing a cease-fire, Egyptian intelligence has been a conduit to Hamas, and the Qataris have been a conduit to the militant group's political leadership.
—Margaret Brennan, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2024
Qatar said this threatens to undermine talks over a new deal.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 25 Jan. 2024
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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20over. Accessed 10 May. 2024.
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