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talked over someone's head

talked over someone's head is the simple past and past participle of talk over someone's head.

Meaning of talk over someone's head

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

Questions about talked over someone's head

What is talked over someone's head the simple past and past participle of?
Talked over someone's head is the simple past and past participle of talk over someone's head.

Words near talked over someone's head in the dictionary

  1. talked out of one's arse
  2. talked out of one's ass
  3. talked out of one's ear
  4. talked out of turn
  5. talked over
  6. talked over someone's head
  7. talked past
  8. talked round
  9. talked sense
  10. talked shit
  11. talked shop

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