Talk someone out of something

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo talk to someone in order to dissuade them from doing something.

"My brother wanted a pet squirrel, but I talked him out of it.; She talked the officer out of giving her a ticket.; The con artist talked his victims out of their life savings."

Synonyms

talk someone into something talk one's way out of talk sense talk down talk around change someone's mind talk someone's head off talk someone's arm off talk someone under the table have someone going bend someone's will talk the talk

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