talk a mile a minute en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic, informal) To speak quickly or excessively.
They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute, and then went home and phoned each other!
He talks a mile a minute in wildly over-egged adjectives and mainly looks after the business side of BrewDog: money, marketing, strategy.
2016 March 24, Jon Henley, “The aggressive, outrageous, infuriating (and ingenious) rise of BrewDog”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| talks a mile a minute | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| talking a mile a minute | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| talked a mile a minute | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| talked a mile a minute | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (1)
pt falar a mil à hora (to talk really fast)