talk to

Idioms  

1. Also, give a talking to. Scold, reprimand, as in The teacher said he'd have to talk to Jeff after school, or Dad gave us both a good talking to. [Colloquial; second half of 1800s] For talk to like a Dutch uncle, see Dutch uncle.

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Example Sentences

"Talk to us instead of just making more or less random outbursts on social media," he said.

From BBC

“I wouldn’t necessarily call myself a data-center evangelist in all instances. There are plenty of communities that come and talk to me and I tell them, ‘It’s probably not for you.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Khadar Hussein Abdi reached out specifically to Turkey, another country that objected to Israel's move, telling AFP that Turkish officials "must talk to us, not to Mogadishu" as Somalia had no functioning state.

From Barron's

You’re never going to talk to 500 shareholders and get the same answer from everybody.

From Barron's

When we talk to those investors about the fact that we have the only home marketing model in the United States, they find that appealing.

From Barron's

Related Words

• advise
• berate
• censure
• chide
• enjoin
• exhort
• rebuke
• reprimand
• scold
• upbraid
• warn