talk round
Also: talk over (tr, adverb) to persuade to one's opinion: I talked him round to buying a car
(intr, preposition) to discuss the arguments relating to (a subject), esp without coming to a conclusion: to talk round the problem of the human condition
(intr, preposition) to discuss (a subject) vaguely without considering basic facts: they talked round the idea of moving house quite forgetting they hadn't enough money
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How to use talk round in a sentence
Simplest plan is to stop this interminable talk round the Address and get to work.
I soon led our talk round to what she had been doing during my absence.
The House Opposite | Elizabeth KentComing back, approach identical question from slightly different point of view; talk round it for another two hours.
I saw the cause in the priest's own face, when our father's name turned up in the talk round the supper-table.
My Miscellanies, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Wilkie CollinsFor the crippled boy had gone on with his cooking, regardless of the talk round him, and his rabbit was done.
The La Chance Mine Mystery | Susan Carleton Jones
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