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talk over someone's head

talk over someone's head verb: to communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.

Verb

talk over someone's head (third-person singular simple present talks over someone's head, present participle talking over someone's head, simple past and past participle talked over someone's head)

  1. (idiomatic) To communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.
    • NASA was often accused of talking over the public's head.2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, Pocket Books, →ISBN

Forms of talk over someone's head

third-person singular presenttalks over someone's head
present participletalking over someone's head
past participletalked over someone's head
pasttalked over someone's head

Questions about talk over someone's head

What does talk over someone's head mean?
Talk over someone's head means to communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.
What part of speech is talk over someone's head?
Talk over someone's head is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk over someone's head?
The past tense of talk over someone's head is talked over someone's head.

Words near talk over someone's head in the dictionary

  1. talk out of one's ear
  2. talk out of school
  3. talk out of turn
  4. talk out one's ass
  5. talk over
  6. talk over someone's head
  7. talk page
  8. talk pages
  9. talk past
  10. talk radio
  11. talk round

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