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talk fast and loose

talk fast and loose verb: to speak with little regard to accuracy.

Verb

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

  1. To speak with little regard to accuracy.
    • "Folks will talk so much about things they don't understand, my dear Marit," she said; "they talk fast and loose, and, as for the fell-maker, he may understand sheep's skin well enough, but sickness and changelings he knows nothing about, I say and maintain!"1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 297

Forms of talk fast and loose

third-person singular presenttalks fast and loose
present participletalking fast and loose
past participletalked fast and loose
pasttalked fast and loose

Questions about talk fast and loose

What does talk fast and loose mean?
Talk fast and loose means to speak with little regard to accuracy.
What part of speech is talk fast and loose?
Talk fast and loose is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk fast and loose?
The past tense of talk fast and loose is talked fast and loose.

Words near talk fast and loose in the dictionary

  1. talk cock
  2. talk dirty
  3. talk down
  4. talk down to
  5. talk everything
  6. talk fast and loose
  7. talk in circles
  8. talk into
  9. talk is cheap
  10. talk jock
  11. talk jockey

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