talk into

verb

1. tr, preposition to persuade to by talking

   I talked him into buying the house

Idioms and Phrases

Persuade, as in They talked me into going swimming with them . This idiom was first recorded in 1697. The antonym is talk out of , meaning “dissuade,” as in They tried to talk me out of going swimming . It is almost a century newer, first recorded in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility (1797–1798).

Example Sentences

And so I always tried to get, like, very pretentious wine talk into the show, and that never made the cut.

From Salon

However, he was talked into reprising the character in Porridge sequel Going Straight.

From BBC

Credit card companies can be talked into lowering the interest rates they charge on unpaid balances.

From Los Angeles Times

"I find l it really hard to look at someone talking into a microphone perfectly naturally and normally - sometimes I feel quite envious of that, because I know I can't."

From BBC

When Walter Naegle was first approached over a decade ago by producers who wanted to make a feature about his late partner, the civil rights leader Bayard Rustin, Naegle needed to be talked into it.

From New York Times

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