talk out of

1. see under talk into; also see out of turn, def. 2.

Example Sentences

“We’re talking out of money to pay rent, to pay car payments, to pay health insurance, and to pay life insurance,” Wallach said, according to the transcript.

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“And he wanted to create the shitstorm. And he didn’t want to be talked out of it. And if he told them, he’d have had all these people trying to talk him out of it.”

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My apologies to Jerome Powell, but on Wednesday, the chairman of the Federal Reserve was talking out of his hat.

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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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Maybe they'll surprise him with the Medal of Honor he was talked out of giving himself in the first term.

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Related Words

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• daunt 
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• forestall 
• frighten 
• hinder 
• impede 
• intimidate 
• obstruct 
• preclude 
• prevent 
• prohibit 
• restrain 
• scare 
• stop