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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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And there was this part of me that went back to being a guy from Kentucky that was like, “Dude, you can’t talk to me like that.”

From Los Angeles Times

In one of the handful of interviews he gave about the album, he said he didn't feel "developed enough as a person to be able to talk" to journalists about the situation.

From BBC

The lawsuit alleged McClurkin said he needed to talk to Corletto, who “reluctantly agreed to let” the singer into his room.

From Los Angeles Times

"We thought of Rubio as the 'normal' person in the administration, the one we can talk to," one diplomat from a US ally said on condition of anonymity.

From Barron's

“I’m not that person anymore. ... You gotta talk to the last several people I’ve worked with. Talk to Robert Rodriguez, talk to Francis Coppola, talk to Darren Aronofsky. You know, I’m not that wild man I was 20-something years ago. But you pay the price for your past.”

From Los Angeles Times