talk over

Definition of talk overnext
as in to discuss
to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip

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Recent Examples of talk over Patients call from noisy environments, talk over the system, go on tangents and don't finish sentences. Saran Siva, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Fable 5, the public-facing version of the same model family, remains blocked, with talks over its reinstatement ongoing. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 30 June 2026 Windsor-Smith also cuts this dialogue into smaller pieces, sometimes causing dialogue to overlap other dialogue, as if the speakers are excitedly talking over one another. Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 But the document included few specifics, leaving a mountain of issues that will need to be addressed in technical talks over the next 60 days. Joe Walsh, CBS News, 21 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for talk over
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Verb
  • Senators Lummis and Bernie Moreno (OH) met with White House officials to discuss the bill and explore potential ethics language.
    Cleve Mesidor, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The Blazers’ board of directors met on Monday, in part to discuss the lease-term list issued by the city on Friday.
    Jason Quick, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • For an industry that has spent decades debating how to portray disability authentically, that shift in who holds the microphone may turn out to be the more consequential story.
    Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
  • But that doesn’t mean the form of payment can’t also be debated.
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 18 July 2026
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  • The bigger question is whether the illusion of having someone who is always loyal and never argues is actually a healthy solution for us.
    Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 19 July 2026
  • States argue those contracts are equivalent to sports betting, something state governments control.
    Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 19 July 2026

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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/talk%20over. Accessed 25 Jul. 2026.

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