talk through
phrasal verb
talked through; talking through; talks through
1
: to help (someone) understand or do something by explaining its steps in a careful way
The woman on the phone talked me through the procedure.
2
: to discuss (something) with someone in order to make a decision or reach an agreement
Have you talked this through with your family?
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Tehran suggests talks through a third party might be possible, but the divergence with the U.S. highlights the difficulty of the challenge, despite both sides continue to signal a willingness to pursue diplomatic solutions over military conflict.
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Other features in the works include the ability to order takeout on Grubhub after talking through dinner options with Alexa+ and identifying family members on the device's camera, the Post says.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
This takes about 20 minutes, at which point Rahma and cohost Andrew Kuo (co-creator of Subway Takes) valiantly try to talk through the clip and end up immediately devolving into a stream of consciousness babble.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
The rest of the month is a good time to talk through any disagreements that arose during the retrograde or map out the terms of your commitments to others.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
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Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025
Other features in the works include the ability to order takeout on Grubhub after talking through dinner options with Alexa+ and identifying family members on the device's camera, the Post says.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2025
This takes about 20 minutes, at which point Rahma and cohost Andrew Kuo (co-creator of Subway Takes) valiantly try to talk through the clip and end up immediately devolving into a stream of consciousness babble.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2025
The rest of the month is a good time to talk through any disagreements that arose during the retrograde or map out the terms of your commitments to others.
—Nina Kahn, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for talk through
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“Talk through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20through. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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