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TALK OUT OF
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Persuade someone not to do something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "talk out of" is one way to...):
deter; dissuade (turn away from by persuasion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Antonym:
talk into (persuade somebody to do something)