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

At luncheon Sir Francis proposed the health of his absent sons, and the afternoon passed in lazy talk round the library fire.

From The Education of Eric Lane by McKenna, Stephen

In these conversations it was wonderful with what perseverance and ingenuity Major Dobbin would manage to bring the talk round to the subject of Amelia and her little boy.

From Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace

Whose business,––if I take it on myself, Whose business––but why talk round the barn?––

From Mountain Interval by Frost, Robert

You cannot very well talk round a branch of mathematics, but heraldry is a subject surrounded by fields, meadows, and lawns, so to speak, all covered with beautiful flowers.

From In Luck at Last by Besant, Walter, Sir