talk someone under the table
talk someone under the table · talks someone under the table · talked someone under the table · talking someone under the table
To bore with excessive talkTo bore (someone) with excessive talk.
» He never talks about work at the table.
Conjuice · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To bore (someone) with excessive talk.
Examples
2 sentencesOrigin
Synchronic aspects: parallel in form with drink someone under the table; compare also DutcSynchronic aspects: parallel in form with drink someone under the table; compare also Dutch onder de tafel praten (“to outperform verbally, outdebate”).
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Forms
talks someone under the table, talking someone under the table, talked someone under the table, talked someone under the table| Base form | talk someone under the table · to talk someone under the table |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | talks someone under the table |
| Present participle | talking someone under the table |
| Past simple | talked someone under the table |
| Past participle | talked someone under the table |
irregular
Present simpleLesson
| I, you, we, they | talk someone under the table |
| he, she, it | talks someone under the table |
Past simpleLesson
| all persons | talked someone under the table |
Present perfectLesson
| I, you, we, they | have talked someone under the table |
| he, she, it | has talked someone under the table |
Future simple (will)Lesson
| all persons | will talk someone under the table |
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.