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talk around

talk around verb: to persuade someone by spoken arguments.

Verb

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

  1. To persuade someone by spoken arguments.

Synonyms of talk around

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Forms of talk around

third-person singular presenttalks around
present participletalking around
past participletalked around
pasttalked around
alternative formtalk round

Questions about talk around

What does talk around mean?
Talk around means to persuade someone by spoken arguments.
What part of speech is talk around?
Talk around is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk around?
The past tense of talk around is talked around.

Words near talk around in the dictionary

  1. talk about the weather
  2. talk against time
  3. talk aloud protocol
  4. talk aloud protocols
  5. talk and die syndrome
  6. talk around
  7. talk at
  8. talk back
  9. talk big
  10. talk box
  11. talk boxes

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