as in to hammer out
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Recent Examples of talk out
The bracket’s main enemies both got to be the unlucky recipient of the judges talking out of both sides of their mouths this week.
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Chris Feil, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Gavin McKenna is Gavin McKenna, but anyone telling you with any confidence that the next group after him is substantially better than this year’s group would be talking out of both sides of their mouth.
—Arthur Staple, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
We’ve been talked out of our medicines and our powers.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 9 May 2025
The astronauts were swapping stories and talking out of school.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
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Chris Feil, Vulture, 6 June 2025
Gavin McKenna is Gavin McKenna, but anyone telling you with any confidence that the next group after him is substantially better than this year’s group would be talking out of both sides of their mouth.
—Arthur Staple, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
We’ve been talked out of our medicines and our powers.
—Lizz Schumer, People.com, 9 May 2025
The astronauts were swapping stories and talking out of school.
—ArsTechnica, 11 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for talk out
Verb
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This work should be considered a negotiation, where the two sides, with equal representation, meet regularly and hammer out an agreement over the next several months.—
Will McKenna,
Baltimore Sun,
30 July 2025
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While agreements were hammered out, Louisville's economy and job market was impacted by the strike, according to a Jan. 25, 1970 report from The Courier Journal.—
Leo Bertucci,
The Courier-Journal,
27 July 2025
Verb
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Today, the studio tooted a horn that their library cleared close to a $1 billion in revenue over the trailing 12-month period thanks to the theatrical release of Ballerina stirring up interest in the John Wick franchise.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Leo full moon also stirs up themes of home and family for you on the 12th, pushing you to reevaluate what security truly means to you.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Aug. 2025
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Alexia has done it the right way, by putting in her time, forging bonds with all the women, and bringing more storylines than a decade’s worth of telenovelas.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
7 Aug. 2025
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Holt also embraced telemedicine and other technological tools to improve patient experience throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, forging a path for bettering patient care in the digital age.—
Grace Tucker,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Talk out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talk%20out. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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