- talk down
- verb Date: 1844 intransitive verb to speak in a condescending or oversimplified fashion transitive verb to disparage or belittle by talking
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talk down — (something) 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 … New idioms dictionary
talk-down — «TK DOWN», noun. the act of talking down an airplane: »Poor talk down on the part of the controller, the man in the control tower, contributed to the crash of the plane (British Broadcasting Company) … Useful english dictionary
talk down to — (someone) 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 … New idioms dictionary
talk down to — index condescend (patronize), patronize (condescend toward) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
talk down — verb 1. belittle through talk (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑minimize, ↑belittle, ↑denigrate, ↑derogate • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Somebody s somebody … Useful english dictionary
talk down — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms talk down : present tense I/you/we/they talk down he/she/it talks down present participle talking down past tense talked down past participle talked down 1) talk someone down British to talk loudly so that… … English dictionary
talk down — 1) PHRASAL VERB To talk down someone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely. [V n P] The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio. 2) PHRASAL VERB If… … English dictionary
talk down to — CONDESCEND TO, patronize, look down one s nose at, put down. → talk * * * ˌtalk ˈdown to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they talk down to he/she/it talks down to present participle … Useful english dictionary
talk down to — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms talk down to : present tense I/you/we/they talk down to he/she/it talks down to present participle talking down to past tense talked down to past participle talked down to talk down to someone to talk to… … English dictionary
talk down — v. (d; intr.) to talk down to (to talk down to the audience) * * * [ tɔːk daʊn] (d; intr.) to talk down to (to talk down to the audience) … Combinatory dictionary
talk down to sb — UK US talk down to sb Phrasal Verb with talk({{}}/tɔːk/ verb [I] ► to talk to someone as if they were less important than you: »Secretarial staff are most likely to be talked down to … Financial and business terms
