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
- 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
- advertise
- air
- argue
- ask advice of
- bat it around
- be closeted with
- brainstorm
- bring into the open
- bring up
- broach
- broadcast
- call in
- cerebrate
- chew over
- circulate
- cogitate
- collogue
- commune
- compare notes
- confab
- confabulate
- consider
- consult
- contemplate
- debate
- deliberate
- discourse
- discuss
- examine
- excogitate
- express
- flap
- free
- give
- go into
- groupthink
- hammer away at
- huddle
- interrogate
- interview
- introduce
- judge
- kick around
- kick ideas around
- knock around
- meditate
- moot
- mull over
- muse
- negotiate
- parlay
- pick one's brains
- ponder
- pour it on
- powwow
- publish
- put
- put heads together
- put on thinking cap
- question
- rack brains
- reason
- refer to
- reflect
- regard
- respect
- review
- revolve
- roll
- ruminate
- run up a flagpole
- scrutinize
- seek advice
- seek opinion of
- sift
- speculate
- state
- stew over
- study
- sweat over
- take a meeting
- take account of
- take counsel
- take up
- talk about
- talk of
- talk over
- thresh out
- toss ideas around
- treat
- turn over
- turn to
- vent
- verbalize
- weigh
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