talk sb down
— phrasal verb with talk uk/tɔːk/us/tɑːk/verb [ I ]
(PREVENT)
UK to speak loudly or without stopping to prevent someone else from speaking:
I tried to explain, but he just talked me down.
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Interrupting & preventing from speaking
- barge
- butt in
- buttonhole
- chime
- chip in
- cut the crap! idiom
- heckle
- horn in
- interject
- interpose
- interrupt
- interruption
- mike check
- put a sock in it! idiom
- shut
- slap sb down
- sock
- speak
- speak when you're spoken to! idiom
- strike
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mainly US to persuade someone that he or she is wrong or should not act:
Just as soon as the President voiced his dissent, his advisors talked him down.
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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(PERSUADE)
to persuade someone who is threatening to kill himself or herself not to jump from a high place:
The policeman talked the girl down after she had been on the roof for two hours.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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