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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Example Sentences

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

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 Reed, Talbot Baines

The trivial talk round the table took on the poignancy of matters already in the past.

From Treasure and Trouble Therewith A Tale of California by Bonner, Geraldine

And then—how if your pupil begins to talk round the subject and to wander into other things?

From In Luck at Last by Besant, Walter, Sir

“He thinks a good deal about you, Jack, I fancy,” said I, anxious to steer the talk round in the required direction.

From My Friend Smith A Story of School and City Life by Reed, Talbot Baines