talk over
verb
talked over; talking over; talks over
: to review or consider in conversation : discuss
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Examples of talk over in a Sentence
your father and I will have to talk it over before agreeing to let you go on the class trip
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The company has been in talks over payment and is confident a deal will be agreed soon.
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
There were talks over a swap deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers involving Conor Coady and Craig Dawson, but they were shortlived.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
The man stared at the Ukrainian soldiers for a moment, attentive to the mouths of those mute men talking over each other.
—Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
And there is always a chance the fighting might resume after the six-week initial truce if talks over a permanent one collapsed.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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Jake Kanter, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
There were talks over a swap deal with Wolverhampton Wanderers involving Conor Coady and Craig Dawson, but they were shortlived.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 4 Feb. 2025
The man stared at the Ukrainian soldiers for a moment, attentive to the mouths of those mute men talking over each other.
—Samanta Schweblin, The New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2025
And there is always a chance the fighting might resume after the six-week initial truce if talks over a permanent one collapsed.
—Vivian Yee, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20over. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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