"talk out of" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: talks out of [present, singular, third-person], talking out of [participle, present], talked out of [participle, past], talked out of [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk out of (third-person singular simple present talks out of, present participle talking out of, simple past and past participle talked out of)
  1. (transitive) To talk to someone in order to dissuade them from doing something. Tags: transitive Related terms: talk one's way out of, talk out

Inflected forms

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