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talk someone down 1. to win at debating someone. Liz was able to talk her opponent down. She talked down her opponent. 2. to direct a novice pilot to make a safe landing by giving spoken instructions over the airplane's radio. The people on the ground talked down the amateur pilot successfully. I wonder how many movies have been made about someone talking a pilot down. 3. to convince someone to lower the price of something. The price tag said $2,000 for the car, but I talked down the salesman by threatening to go elsewhere. This is my final offer. Don't try to talk me down. See also: talk talk down something also talk something down to say that something is not very good or important Bonds is doing everything possible to talk down his achievements. I love this town, and I don't like to talk things down, but there are some real problems here that need to be dealt with. See also: talk How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But the man and woman of seventy assume to know all, they have outlived their hope, they renounce aspiration, accept the actual for the necessary and talk down to the young. |
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