TALK OUT OF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk out of mean? 

• TALK OUT OF (verb)
  The verb TALK OUT OF has 1 sense:

1. persuade someone not to do something

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TALK OUT OF (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Persuade someone not to do something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "talk out of" is one way to...):

deter; dissuade (turn away from by persuasion)

Sentence frame:

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

Antonym:

talk into (persuade somebody to do something)