talk round

British  

verb

1. Also: talk over. (tr, adverb) to persuade to one's opinion

   I talked him round to buying a car

2. (intr, preposition) to discuss the arguments relating to (a subject), esp without coming to a conclusion

   to talk round the problem of the human condition

3. (intr, preposition) to discuss (a subject) vaguely without considering basic facts

   they talked round the idea of moving house quite forgetting they hadn't enough money

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talk round

No wonder the idea of learning how to talk round a large mass of people was something that Athenian aristocrats—traditionally *So named, supposedly, because it met on a big rock above Athens.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith

So incredibly simple is the relation between God and man—simple, unconstrained, heedless and tender as the talk round a table in Nazareth.

From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

It is a long story, and will do to pass away the evening, when we have got the fire and can sit comfortably and talk round it.

From With Frederick the Great A Story of the Seven Years' War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

Members already aweary of ineffectual talk round foregone conclusion.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, January 26, 1916 by Sir Owen Seaman

Presently Mr Rastle steered the talk round to Stephen’s home, a topic even more delightful than cricket.

From The Fifth Form at Saint Dominic's A School Story by Talbot Baines Reed