talk around

Idioms

Also, talk round. Persuade, as in I talked him around to my point of view, or He had a hard time talking them round, but they finally agreed to postpone the tournament. Also see talk into.

Example Sentences

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But the talk around OpenAI isn’t as exuberant now as it was when ChatGPT first burst on the scene.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 29, 2025

Much of the pre-match build-up centred on talk around the young starlets on both sides, but it was Chelsea's Estevao who stole the show over Barcelona's Spain winger Lamine Yamal.

From Barron's • Nov. 25, 2025

Amorim can talk around the issue of scoring goals, but if he really had confidence in Hojlund or Zirkzee, he wouldn't be rotating them or leaving them both out, as he did today.

From BBC • Feb. 2, 2025

The conversations in “Wish You Were Here” talk around the geopolitical realities.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2025

It was there, between the two trees, that the village sometimes gathered to sing and talk around a big f ire.

From "A Long Walk to Water" by Linda Sue Park

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