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talk against time

talk against time verb: to keep on talking merely to fill up time, especially in parliament.

Verb

talk against time (third-person singular simple present talks against time, present participle talking against time, simple past and past participle talked against time)

  1. To keep on talking merely to fill up time, especially in parliament.

Forms of talk against time

third-person singular presenttalks against time
present participletalking against time
past participletalked against time
pasttalked against time

Questions about talk against time

What does talk against time mean?
Talk against time means to keep on talking merely to fill up time, especially in parliament.
What part of speech is talk against time?
Talk against time is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk against time?
The past tense of talk against time is talked against time.

Words near talk against time in the dictionary

  1. talk a blue streak
  2. talk a good game
  3. talk a mile a minute
  4. talk about
  5. talk about the weather
  6. talk against time
  7. talk aloud protocol
  8. talk aloud protocols
  9. talk and die syndrome
  10. talk around
  11. talk at

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