talk over

verb

talked over; talking over; talks over
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transitive verb

: to review or consider in conversation : discuss

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Examples of talk over in a Sentence

your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip
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Witkoff also hailed Russia’s willingness to restart talks over ending the war. — Catherine Belton, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026 So Simmons missed practice Wednesday, Burkholder said, to give him some time to talk over the scenarios with his family and representatives. — Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2026 Bloomberg first reported that Anthropic and Nscale were in talks over a second deal. — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 Bass’ barrages got to Raman more than a few times, leading her to talk over the NBC and Telemundo moderators or even shush them. — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for talk over

Word History

First Known Use

1734, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of talk over was in 1734

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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20over. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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talk over

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