"do the talking" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does the talking",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing the talking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did the talking",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done the talking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "do<does,,did,done> the talking"
      },
      "expansion": "do the talking (third-person singular simple present does the talking, present participle doing the talking, simple past did the talking, past participle done the talking)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "_dis": "76 24",
          "kind": "other",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 November 6, Elaine Glusac, “36 Hours in Aruba”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Averaging 82 sunny degrees year round, fringed with blond beaches and lapped by turquoise shallows, Aruba lets the climate do the talking when it comes to appealing to tourists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 19, Chelsey Sanchez, “Megan Fox Makes Her Red-Carpet Comeback in a Body-Sculpting Sheer Gown”, in Harper's Bazaar",
          "text": "For the flashy occasion, Fox wore a jaw-dropping black gown by LaQuan Smith. […] She let the dress do most of the talking, eschewing flashy jewelry and instead wearing a single chunky silver ring.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convey the message; to communicate an idea or create an impression."
      ],
      "id": "en-do_the_talking-en-verb-H0L2mPAc",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To convey the message; to communicate an idea or create an impression."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, the, talking."
      ],
      "id": "en-do_the_talking-en-verb-tjWFlQa1",
      "links": [
        [
          "do",
          "do#English"
        ],
        [
          "the",
          "the#English"
        ],
        [
          "talking",
          "talking#English"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "12 88",
          "word": "speak for oneself"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do the talking"
}

{
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "does the talking",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "doing the talking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "did the talking",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "done the talking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "do<does,,did,done> the talking"
      },
      "expansion": "do the talking (third-person singular simple present does the talking, present participle doing the talking, simple past did the talking, past participle done the talking)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "speak for oneself"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2013 November 6, Elaine Glusac, “36 Hours in Aruba”, in The New York Times",
          "text": "Averaging 82 sunny degrees year round, fringed with blond beaches and lapped by turquoise shallows, Aruba lets the climate do the talking when it comes to appealing to tourists.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 19, Chelsey Sanchez, “Megan Fox Makes Her Red-Carpet Comeback in a Body-Sculpting Sheer Gown”, in Harper's Bazaar",
          "text": "For the flashy occasion, Fox wore a jaw-dropping black gown by LaQuan Smith. […] She let the dress do most of the talking, eschewing flashy jewelry and instead wearing a single chunky silver ring.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To convey the message; to communicate an idea or create an impression."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To convey the message; to communicate an idea or create an impression."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see do, the, talking."
      ],
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        ],
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          "the",
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        ],
        [
          "talking",
          "talking#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "do the talking"
}