"talk someone under the table" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-talk someone under the table.ogg [Australia] Forms: talks someone under the table [present, singular, third-person], talking someone under the table [participle, present], talked someone under the table [participle, past], talked someone under the table [past]
Etymology: Contrast the identically-formed Dutch onder de tafel praten (“to outperform verbally, outdebate”). Etymology templates: {{noncog|nl|onder de tafel praten|t=to outperform verbally, outdebate}} Dutch onder de tafel praten (“to outperform verbally, outdebate”) Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk someone under the table (third-person singular simple present talks someone under the table, present participle talking someone under the table, simple past and past participle talked someone under the table)
  1. (idiomatic) To bore (someone) with excessive talk. Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-talk_someone_under_the_table-en-verb-4vMjJoEO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for talk someone under the table meaning in English (1.8kB)

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