Thesaurus results for TALK OVER

talk over

verb

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 The other performances are equally remote — this is the kind of a movie where nobody talks over anybody else’s lines, with steady pauses between each piece of dialogue — keeping the viewer at a certain distance. —

Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 17 Feb. 2026 Washington — Democrats sent a counteroffer on overhauling immigration enforcement to the White House and Republicans on Monday, the latest development in talks over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security. —

Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026 Before it was delivered, Banks and Richardson began talking over each other as Banks questioned Richardson’s reaction to her elimination. —

Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 17 Feb. 2026 Democrats have escalated their negotiating tactics with congressional Republicans and White House officials, who've been in sensitive talks over reforming the 9/11-era Cabinet agency since federal agents killed a second Minnesotan, 37-year-old nurse Alex Pretti, in January. —

Zachary Schermele, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for talk over

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One opportunity the company spent time discussing on the call was its growing relationship with hyperscalers in cloud security.

— Jeff Marks, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026
Paltrow hasn’t discussed the fate of her engagement ring since the news of her and Pitt’s breakup came out in 1997.

— Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 3 Mar. 2026