Antonyms for talking over


Grammar : Verb
Spell : tawk
Phonetic Transcription : tɔk


Definition of talking over

Origin :
  • late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985.
  • As in ventilate : verb air out; make known
  • As in consult : verb ask, confer
  • As in deliberate : verb think about seriously; discuss
Example sentences :
  • How busy all the little tongues were, talking over what they would see and do!
  • Extract from : « Our Young Folks at Home and Abroad » by Various
  • Come in and have your breakfast with us, and say nothing about what we've been talking over.'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • The rest of the evening was spent in talking over the probable future.
  • Extract from : « Robert Hardy's Seven Days » by Charles Monroe Sheldon
  • Because you may conjecture easily that I shall be talking over their heads.
  • Extract from : « My New Curate » by P.A. Sheehan
  • The two Baronets were together, talking over the morning's sport.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • He may have bolted while we have been talking over things here.
  • Extract from : « The Shrieking Pit » by Arthur J. Rees
  • While they were talking over it a horseman rode into the cave.
  • Extract from : « Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" » by An Old Scout
  • Well, we have not spared you, for we have kept you talking over four hours.
  • Extract from : « At the Point of the Bayonet » by G. A. Henty
  • Just talking over the 'phone with Dick Harrington left her weak and nervous.
  • Extract from : « Torchy As A Pa » by Sewell Ford
  • Our passengers were all at breakfast, and engaged in talking over the events of the night.
  • Extract from : « Up the River » by Oliver Optic

Synonyms for talking over

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