talk over

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Discuss thoroughly, as in Let's talk over the entire plan and see if we discover any flaws. [First half of 1700s]

Win someone over by persuasion, as in We talked them over to our point of view. [First half of 1800s] Also see talk around.

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They are always suspended over a precipice, dangling by a slender thread that shows every sign of snapping.
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And now, similarly, former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee: "Bend over and take it like a prisoner!"
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What celebrity has started to talk about his or her eating disorder?
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Perhaps on his own nowadays, Epstein is trying his best to webmaster over a dozen URLs.
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Hopefully not overly close, but we talk about it in the episode how similar it is.
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It is most peculiar, and when he plays that way, the most bewitching little expression comes over his face.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
All over the world the just claims of organized labor are intermingled with the underground conspiracy of social revolution.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
After we had passed over this desert, we found several garisons to defend the caravans from the violence of the Tartars.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner (1801)|Daniel Defoe
After relievedly giving the pistol to the nearest soldier, he stumbled quickly over to Brion and took his hand.
Sense of Obligation|Henry Maxwell Dempsey (AKA Harry Harrison)
Solely over one man therein thou hast quite absolute control.
Pearls of Thought|Maturin M. Ballou