- talk someone round
- convince someone to adopt a specific point of view.→ talk
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
talk someone round
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talk someone around — (or Brit. round) bring someone to a particular point of view by talking … Useful english dictionary
talk someone into something — PERSUADE INTO, argue into, cajole into, coax into, bring round to, inveigle into, wheedle into, prevail on someone to; informal sweet talk into, hustle, fast talk. → talk … Useful english dictionary
bring someone round — 1 she administered artificial respiration and brought him round: WAKE UP, return to consciousness, rouse, bring to. 2 we would have brought him round, given time: PERSUADE, convince, talk round, win over, sway, influe … Useful english dictionary
talk round — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms talk round : present tense I/you/we/they talk round he/she/it talks round present participle talking round past tense talked round past participle talked round British 1) talk someone round to succeed in… … English dictionary
talk — verb 1》 speak in order to give information or express ideas or feelings; communicate by speech. ↘have the power of speech. ↘(talk something over/through) discuss something thoroughly. ↘(be talking) informal be discussing in specified… … English new terms dictionary
talk round — PHRASAL VERB If you talk someone round, you persuade them to change their mind so that they agree with you, or agree to do what you want them to do [V n P] He went to the house to try to talk her round... [V P n (not pron)] It advises salesmen to … English dictionary
win someone round/over — PERSUADE, talk round, convince, sway, prevail on. → win … Useful english dictionary
talk — talk1 W1S1 [to:k US to:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conversation)¦ 2¦(serious subject)¦ 3¦(say words)¦ 4¦(a speech)¦ 5¦(secret information)¦ 6 talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc 7 talk (some) sense into somebody 8 talk to yourself 9 know what you are talking… … Dictionary of contemporary English
talk — talk1 [ tɔk ] verb *** ▸ 1 communicate ▸ 2 discuss ▸ 3 give lecture ▸ 4 give secret information ▸ 5 achieve something by talking ▸ 6 send information ▸ 7 have power to persuade ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive to use words to communicate: Can their… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
talk */*/*/ — I UK [tɔːk] / US [tɔk] verb Word forms talk : present tense I/you/we/they talk he/she/it talks present participle talking past tense talked past participle talked Other ways of saying talk: chat to talk informally in a friendly way: We sat… … English dictionary
