talk down
Verb
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Verb
talk down
- (idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
- If he offers a very high price, see if you can talk him down before you agree to anything.
- (flying) Of ground control: to verbally assist someone to land an aircraft.
- (transitive) To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.
- Shelby: A Great Love ↗ by CJ Raines
- And that guy that talked him down told us what happen
[ sic] . It's kidnapping, attempted assault.
- And that guy that talked him down told us what happen
- Shelby: A Great Love ↗ by CJ Raines
- (transitive) To overcome by spoken argument.
- French: marchander
- French: prendre de haut
- Italian: degnarsi, trattare dall'alto in basso, trattare con arroganza
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