talk down
To negotiate a lower priceTo negotiate a lower price.
» Don't talk down to me.
Не разговаривай со мной свысока.
Meaning
5 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To negotiate a lower price.
If he offers a very high price, see if you can talk him down before you agree to anything.
(transitive)To verbally assist someone to land an aircraft.
(transitive)To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.
(transitive)To overcome by spoken argument.
(slang, transitive)To comfort someone experiencing a bad trip, to help them come down.
- direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
- belittle through talk
- speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
Examples
7 sentencesDon't talk down to me.
ruНе разговаривай со мной свысока. — sharptoothed
Tom doesn't believe in talking down to children.
What do you think you are doing, talking down to me like that?
Bluth didn't believe in talking down to children.
The only hope I had was to talk him down and convince him to let me go.
Translations
3 languagesForms
talks down, talking down, talked down, talked down| Base form | talk down · to talk down |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | talks down |
| Present participle | talking down |
| Past simple | talked down |
| Past participle | talked down |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
10 phrasal verbs- talk upвихвалятиTo talk about (something or someone) to make it seem as good as possible or to draw positive attention to it.
- talk outобговорювати, відмовлятиTo resolve (a problem) by talking about it.
- talk backогризатисяTo reply impertinently or rudely; to answer in a cheeky or rude manner.
- talk overштовхатиTo discuss; to converse about a matter or issue.
- talk intoпереконати, переконуватиTo convince (someone) by talking and suggesting.
- talk aroundштовхатиTo persuade someone by spoken arguments.
- talk aboutзвертатися, ставитисяUsed to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something.
- talk downTo negotiate a lower price.
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb