talk round

verb

Alsotalk over tr, adverb to persuade to one's opinion
I talked him round to buying a car
intr, preposition to discuss the arguments relating to (a subject), esp without coming to a conclusion
to talk round the problem of the human condition
intr, preposition to discuss (a subject) vaguely without considering basic facts
they talked round the idea of moving house quite forgetting they hadn't enough money

Simplest plan is to stop this interminable talk round the Address and get to work.

I soon led our talk round to what she had been doing during my absence.

Coming back, approach identical question from slightly different point of view; talk round it for another two hours.

I saw the cause in the priest's own face, when our father's name turned up in the talk round the supper-table.

For the crippled boy had gone on with his cooking, regardless of the talk round him, and his rabbit was done.

April 17, 2024axolotl

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