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talked fast and loose

talked fast and loose is the simple past and past participle of talk fast and loose.

Meaning of talk fast and loose

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

Questions about talked fast and loose

What is talked fast and loose the simple past and past participle of?
Talked fast and loose is the simple past and past participle of talk fast and loose.

Words near talked fast and loose in the dictionary

  1. talked cock
  2. talked dirty
  3. talked down
  4. talked down to
  5. talked everything
  6. talked fast and loose
  7. talked in circles
  8. talked into
  9. talked like a book
  10. talked like an apothecary
  11. talked nasty

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