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talk past

talk past verb: to talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.

Verb

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

  1. To talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.

Forms of talk past

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

Questions about talk past

What does talk past mean?
Talk past means to talk at cross purposes with; to speak in such a way that a listener fails to understand one's meaning.
What part of speech is talk past?
Talk past is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk past?
The past tense of talk past is talked past.

Words near talk past in the dictionary

  1. talk out one's ass
  2. talk over
  3. talk over someone's head
  4. talk page
  5. talk pages
  6. talk past
  7. talk radio
  8. talk round
  9. talk sense
  10. talk shit
  11. talk shit, get hit

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