talk into

British  

verb

1. (tr, preposition) to persuade to by talking

   I talked him into buying the house

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talk into Idioms  

1. Persuade, as in They talked me into going swimming with them. This idiom was first recorded in 1697. The antonym is talk out of, meaning “dissuade,” as in They tried to talk me out of going swimming. It is almost a century newer, first recorded in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (1797–1798).

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Example Sentences

They admit they had to be talked into making a second album so soon.

From BBC

Within days, Claudius had given away nearly all its inventory for free—including a PlayStation 5 it had been talked into buying for “marketing purposes.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Some chefs need to be talked into taking the turkey challenge.

From The Wall Street Journal

When Jasprit Bumrah tickled Archer down the leg side, Stokes had to be talked into a review by Root in order to wrap up the innings.

From BBC

He pulled out his phone and appeared to film himself talking into the camera.

From Los Angeles Times

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