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

So they created interview segments where she would sit down with guests and talk to them in a more personal way, these fireside chats.

From Salon • Jul. 5, 2026

“The safety brain and the functional brain need to talk to each other often and with much higher context,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 4, 2026

"I still talk to him," Ruben Neves says about Diogo Jota, his close friend and former Porto, Wolves and Portugal team-mate.

From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026

She said she lives with her elderly father, who cannot go outside, talk to neighbors or sit by their home’s orange tree to relax because of the smell.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 2, 2026

"No bother at all. I get lonesome. It's good to have people to talk to."

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

Related Words

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