talk into
verb
talked into; talking into; talks into
: to get (someone) to do something by talking about the good reasons for doing it : to convince or persuade (someone) to do something
The salesman talked us into buying the car.
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YouTube provided the same possibilities for video sharing, creating a giant library of video content from amateurs, ranging from highly produced and edited amateur movies to recordings of users simply talking into the camera.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Long before Tucker Carlson brought great replacement talk into prime time on Fox News, VDARE treated the concept as the defining issue of our time.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Lightfoot is reluctant but gets talked into it.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Feeling like James Bond talking into my Bee bracelet.
—Brian Cheung, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 27 Apr. 2026
Long before Tucker Carlson brought great replacement talk into prime time on Fox News, VDARE treated the concept as the defining issue of our time.
—Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Lightfoot is reluctant but gets talked into it.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
Feeling like James Bond talking into my Bee bracelet.
—Brian Cheung, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for talk into
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“Talk into.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20into. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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