"talk one's way out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: talks one's way out of [present, singular, third-person], talking one's way out of [participle, present], talked one's way out of [participle, past], talked one's way out of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk one's way out of (third-person singular simple present talks one's way out of, present participle talking one's way out of, simple past and past participle talked one's way out of)
  1. To avoid doing (something) by speaking to someone using (possibly false) logic and reasons. Related terms: talk someone out of something
    Sense id: en-talk_one's_way_out_of-en-verb-hEwHzAsG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
     
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