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talk down to |
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talk down to someone to speak to someone in a patronizing manner; to speak to someone in the simplest way. The manager insulted everyone in the office by talking down to them. Please don't talk down to me. I can understand anything you have to say. See also: talk talk down to somebody to speak to someone as if they were too young or stupid to understand something I think of old people just as I think of myself, so I don't talk down to them. 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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