talk out of doing



talk someone out of doing something

to convince someone not to do something. I tried to talk her out of going, but she insisted. Don't try to talk me out of quitting school. My mind is made up.
See also: of, out, talk

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Juturna-Roman Mythology
Noah (2)NO-ə (English)Biblical
Lei (1)-Hawaiian
Yoram-Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Neta-Hebrew
Duffy['dʌfi]