talk about
Britishverb
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to discuss
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used informally and often ironically to add emphasis to a statement
all his plays have such ridiculous plots — talk about good drama!
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to have thorough or specialized knowledge
Example Sentences
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“What you do is you talk about what you’re doing, and what they are doing is record levels of production in the U.S. right now,” Pickering said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
“He wanted to do something about it rather than just talk about it,” David Goodman, his younger brother, told me.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"For this generation, this is the first time many of us have stepped out to protest. But there are larger issues to talk about, and we will talk about them," she says.
From BBC ● Jul. 27, 2026
“Not only because of the respective communities, but because of me and how I don’t really talk about it unless it comes up.”
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
“We were going to talk about the uniform.”
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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