TALK INTO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk into mean? 

• TALK INTO (verb)
  The verb TALK INTO has 1 sense:

1. persuade somebody to do something

  Familiarity information: TALK INTO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALK INTO (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persuade somebody to do something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "talk into" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Antonym:

talk out of (persuade someone not to do something)