talk out

verb

1. (tr) to resolve or eliminate by talking

   they talked out their differences

2. (tr) to block (a bill, etc) in a legislative body by lengthy discussion

3. to dissuade from by talking

   she was talked out of marriage

Idioms and Phrases

Discuss a matter exhaustively, as in We talked out our marital problems with the therapist . [c. 1900] Also see talked out .

Resolve or settle by discussion, as in Karen felt she and her father should talk out their differences . [Mid-1800s]

Example Sentences

As a parent, the first time I saw one of my sons talk out of their posterior on a subject they knew nothing about, I laughed.

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He tried politely to get the requisite small talk out of the way, and despite my nervousness, I was game.

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“In Samoan culture, you never talk out of turn,” Moenoa said.

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Instead, we talk out of our collective posteriors.

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Trump took the locker room talk out of the locker room - and his audience loved it.

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