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talk a good game

talk a good game verb: to speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.

Verb

talk a good game (third-person singular simple present talks a good game, present participle talking a good game, simple past and past participle talked a good game)

  1. (idiomatic) To speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.
    • "It's a difference between action and inaction. Anybody can talk a good game."1992 July 24, Gwen Ifill, “The 1992 campaign: Clinton, in Houston Speech, Assails Bush on Crime Issue”, in New York Times, retrieved 08 Apr 2018
    • For the last 20 years they have been talking a good game about what should be done, but they have not come up with the solution yet.2005 November 18, Niall Quinn, “Football: Deadly Doug should stand by O'Leary in Villa's hour of need”, in Guardian, UK, retrieved 08 Apr 2018

Synonyms of talk a good game

All synonyms of talk a good game

Forms of talk a good game

third-person singular presenttalks a good game
present participletalking a good game
past participletalked a good game
pasttalked a good game

Questions about talk a good game

What does talk a good game mean?
Talk a good game means to speak emphatically and at length about one's ability, intentions, or achievements, without yet producing any clear evidence or actual results.
What part of speech is talk a good game?
Talk a good game is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk a good game?
The past tense of talk a good game is talked a good game.

Words near talk a good game in the dictionary

  1. Taliyah
  2. talizumab
  3. talk
  4. talk a big game
  5. talk a blue streak
  6. talk a good game
  7. talk a mile a minute
  8. talk about
  9. talk about the weather
  10. talk against time
  11. talk aloud protocol

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