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

I saw the cause in the priest's own face when our father's name turned up in the talk round the supper-table.

From International Short Stories English by Various

No tenderfoot could look at him and again wonder why, in the talk round the camp fire, the tried woodsmen always spoke of the grizzly with respect.

From The Snowshoe Trail by Marshall, Edison

You can be clever about it," said Ishmael, a new look that was almost suspicion glinting in his eyes; "I can't talk round a thing, but I know things.

From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)

I dare say the talk round the mess table was very foolish.

From On the King's Service Inward Glimpses of Men at Arms by Logan, Innes