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talk through

talk through verb: to tell (someone) step by step how to do something.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.
    • The dispatcher will have to talk him through landing the plane in the middle of a hurricane!
    Synonyms:
    walk through
  2. To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.
    • I'll talk him through the problem.
    • She's utterly grief-stricken, so I'm going over to talk her through it.

Synonyms of talk through

Forms of talk through

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

Questions about talk through

What does talk through mean?
Talk through means to tell (someone) step by step how to do something.
What part of speech is talk through?
Talk through is a verb.
What is the past tense of talk through?
The past tense of talk through is talked through.

Words near talk through in the dictionary

  1. talk the legs off a pot
  2. talk the legs off a pots
  3. talk the legs off a potted
  4. talk the legs off a potting
  5. talk the talk
  6. talk through
  7. talk through one's ass
  8. talk through one's hat
  9. talk through one's nose
  10. talk time
  11. talk times

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