"talk through" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: talks through [present, singular, third-person], talking through [participle, present], talked through [participle, past], talked through [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} talk through (third-person singular simple present talks through, present participle talking through, simple past and past participle talked through)
  1. (transitive) To tell (someone) step by step how to do something. Tags: transitive Synonyms: walk through Related terms: pass through, work through Translations (to tell someone step by step how to do something): объяснять (obʺjasnjatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-talk_through-en-verb-5rxEu3j0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (through) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 72 28 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (through): 71 29 Disambiguation of 'to tell someone step by step how to do something': 99 1
  2. To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it. Translations (to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it): поддерживать (podderživatʹ) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-talk_through-en-verb-J-CCvzfQ Disambiguation of 'to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it': 1 99

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for talk through meaning in English (2.1kB)

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