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talk to
Idioms and Phrases
Also, give a talking to . Scold, reprimand, as in The teacher said he'd have to talk to Jeff after school , or Dad gave us both a good talking to . [ Colloquial ; second half of 1800s] For talk to like a Dutch uncle , see Dutch uncle .Example Sentences
I’d rather talk to the person that’s the expert on cybersecurity to find out how many hospitals are having to go through ransomware updates.
The cops tried to talk to Yang, but he had locked himself inside the apartment and refused to open the door.
"The entire world is calling the United States of America, not China, because they need our markets, they need our consumers, and they need this president in the Oval Office to talk to them."
Heck, some of us even talk to women.
When they talk to people who just don’t see it their way, who are not aware or maybe more ignorant, or not in touch with the real issues, there’s a tendency to speak in a very hostile and very demeaning way.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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