as in to hammer out
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Recent Examples of talk out
He may be talked out and ready to unwind but his fans are not.
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Dec. 2025
Young men can talk out those challenges and more in the program's monthly Fostering Future Fathers group and one-on-one therapy with Comer.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Kimmel was planning to touch on Carr’s remarks Wednesday but was talked out of it, according to reporting from The Wall Journal.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Even talking out loud on the phone would sometimes freak me out.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
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Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Dec. 2025
Young men can talk out those challenges and more in the program's monthly Fostering Future Fathers group and one-on-one therapy with Comer.
—Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 9 Dec. 2025
Kimmel was planning to touch on Carr’s remarks Wednesday but was talked out of it, according to reporting from The Wall Journal.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 19 Sep. 2025
Even talking out loud on the phone would sometimes freak me out.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk out
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And that’s just a small part of multiple wide-ranging transportation packages that will have to be hammered out between the chambers with just over a week remaining in the regular session.—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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Barack Obama, along with the Russians, Chinese and Europeans, hammered out the JCPOA, which kept any nuclear program in a bottle for years to come.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Brown forged an unexpected new life after the execution of her abolitionist husband John Brown.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2026
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Their bond is forged when the children’s TV show host helps the jaded journalist navigate a difficult relationship with his problematic father.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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“Talk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talk%20out. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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