talk

/tɔk/5 phrasal verbs

The plain verb means to speak with someone.

Talk into and talk out of are a perfect opposing pair: you talk someone into doing something (persuade them to) and out of it (persuade them not to). Both are separable and always take a person as the object.

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Every TALK phrasal verb, with the one line that keeps it apart from its siblings. Tap any one to open it.

Phrasal verb	Means	How to remember it
talk intoSeparable	persuade someone to do something	INTO = you move them into the decision.
talk out ofSeparable	persuade someone not to do something	OUT OF = you move them back out of it.
talk overSeparable	discuss something thoroughly	OVER = across the whole subject.
talk backNo object	reply rudely to someone in authority	BACK = you return the words.
talk down toInseparable	speak to someone as if they were less intelligent	DOWN TO = you place yourself above them.

Phrasal verbs with TALK — what each one means