talk over
verb
talked over; talking over; talks over
: to review or consider in conversation : discuss
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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Thoughts contradicting one another, talking over each other and stretching reality.
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
The girls don't have to compete with each other for our attention or end up talking over each other and arguing.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 May 2025
The men, talking over each other frantically, wanted to know why the government was trying to send them to El Salvador and what was happening with their immigration court dates.
—USA Today, 1 May 2025
On top of family vacations, the pair would visit each other's hometowns on occasion and talk over the phone.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
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Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
The girls don't have to compete with each other for our attention or end up talking over each other and arguing.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 May 2025
The men, talking over each other frantically, wanted to know why the government was trying to send them to El Salvador and what was happening with their immigration court dates.
—USA Today, 1 May 2025
On top of family vacations, the pair would visit each other's hometowns on occasion and talk over the phone.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for talk over
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“Talk over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20over. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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