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TALK TURKEY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does talk turkey mean? 

TALK TURKEY (verb)
  The verb TALK TURKEY has 1 sense:

1. discuss frankly, often in a business contextplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TALK TURKEY (verb)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Discuss frankly, often in a business context

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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

speak; talk (exchange thoughts; talk with)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sentence examples:

Sam and Sue talk turkey
Sam wants to talk turkey with Sue


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