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Definition of Talk down

1. Verb. Belittle through talk.

2. Verb. Speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child. "He talks down to her"

3. Verb. Direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio. "The control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill"

Definition of Talk down

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic) To speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Talk Down

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Literary usage of Talk down

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections and a by William Lorimer, Julius Caesar Burrows (1910)
"Q. Was it common talk down at Springfield with reference to legislative graft? ... Q. I am asking you whether there was common talk down in Springfield ..."

2. Shackled Youth: Comments on Schools, School People, and Other People by Edward Yeomans (1921)
""He, that modest old man, can create such a being as that, and I have heard visitors to this village, leisured and cultured folk, talk down to the old ..."

3. Proceedings Before the Committee on Privileges and Elections and a by William Lorimer, Julius Caesar Burrows (1910)
"Q. Was it common talk down at Springfield with reference to legislative graft? ... Q. I am asking you whether there was common talk down in Springfield ..."

4. Shackled Youth: Comments on Schools, School People, and Other People by Edward Yeomans (1921)
""He, that modest old man, can create such a being as that, and I have heard visitors to this village, leisured and cultured folk, talk down to the old ..."

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