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/tɔk ˈoʊvər/ Listen

verb

Talk v. t.

To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating; as, to talk French.

To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk politics.

To consume or spend in talking; often followed by away; as, to talk away an evening.

To cause to be or become by talking. "They would talk themselves mad."

To talk over.

(a)

To talk about; to have conference respecting; to deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter or plan.

(b)

To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to convince; as, to talk over an opponent.

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"Talk over" Quotes from Famous Books

... skipper, chuckling), but Miss Ruth she sees that, an' putt a stop to it in her own sweet way, ("lucky for the liar," muttered the skipper), an' so they went away without explainin'. We've all had a great talk over it, an' we're most of us inclined to think—oh! that babby, she's bin an rammed her darlin' futt into the tar-bucket! but it ain't much the worse, though it's cost about half-a-pound o' butter to take it off, an' that ain't a joke wi' butter at 1 shilling, 4 pence ...

— The Young Trawler • R.M. Ballantyne

... dawned on the not over-quick mind of the master of Greenwood, he put pride in his pocket and himself astride of Joggles, and rode of an afternoon to Boxley, as the Hennions' place was named. Without allusion to their last interview, he announced to the senior of the house that he wished to talk over the election. ...

— Janice Meredith • Paul Leicester Ford

... was over, Aunt Janice gathered the Merediths in a circle around her, to talk over the happenings of the day ...

— The Quest of Happy Hearts • Kathleen Hay

... say, we'll talk over that some other time. And now I'm sorry I can't stay any longer. I've twenty or thirty letters ...

— Demos • George Gissing

... back to Florence that night. There were a thousand things to talk over. On the following day Obed explained all about the cipher, and told many stories about his early association with Neville Pomeroy. These things took up all the next day. Lord Chetwynde was in no hurry now. His Indian appointment was quietly given up. He had no immediate ...

— The Cryptogram - A Novel • James De Mille

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