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talk down
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| talk nonsense
| talk of
| talk of the town
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talk down
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb talk down has 3 senses
- talk down(v = verb.communication) Array - belittle through talk; Array is one way to belittle, denigrate, derogate, minimize
- talk down(v = verb.communication) Array - speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child; "He talks down to her" is one way to speak, talk
- talk down(v = verb.communication) Array - direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio; "the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill" is one way to direct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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Something ----s to somebody
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
THESAURUS
talk down
alight, come down, come in, crash-land, descend, ditch, downwind, filibuster, land, level off, light, outlast, outspeak, outtalk, overshoot, pancake, settle down, touch down, upwind
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