talk into en · VERB
Meanings
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(transitive) To convince (someone) by talking and suggesting.
She talked him into making the investment.
At the beginning, I wasn't keen on working the weekend shift, but my boss talked me into it.
It’s still hard to accept that an abstract geographic rivalry resulted in the murders of the genre’s two biggest stars, but that was what happened. They’d talked themselves into it.
2022, Chuck Klosterman, The Nineties, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| talked into | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| talked into | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| talks into | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| talking into | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Translations (18)
uk переко́нувати (convince by talking and suggesting) · pl namawiać (convince by talking and suggesting) · ru угова́ривать (convince by talking and suggesting) · uk перекона́ти (convince by talking and suggesting) · pl ugadywać (convince by talking and suggesting) · ru уговори́ть (convince by talking and suggesting) · uk умовля́ти (convince by talking and suggesting) · pt convencer (alguém a) (convince by talking and suggesting) · fi puhua (convince by talking and suggesting) · it convincere (convince by talking and suggesting) · uk умо́вити (convince by talking and suggesting) · pl ugadać (convince by talking and suggesting) · pt persuadir (alguém a) (convince by talking and suggesting) · fi suostutella (convince by talking and suggesting) · cmn 說服 /说服 (convince by talking and suggesting) · it persuadere (convince by talking and suggesting) · pl namówić (convince by talking and suggesting) · fi puhua ympäri (convince by talking and suggesting)