- talk down to
- Talk in a manner appropriate for audience of simpler understanding.
A concise dictionary of English slang (2nd edition) . Brian Phythian. 2015.
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talk down — {v.} 1. To make (someone) silent by talking louder or longer. * /Sue tried to give her ideas, but the other girls talked her down./ Compare: SHOUT DOWN(2). To use words or ideas that are too easy. * /The speaker talked down to the students, and… … Dictionary of American idioms
talk down — {v.} 1. To make (someone) silent by talking louder or longer. * /Sue tried to give her ideas, but the other girls talked her down./ Compare: SHOUT DOWN(2). To use words or ideas that are too easy. * /The speaker talked down to the students, and… … Dictionary of American idioms
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