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
Na'omi-Biblical Hebrew
JubalJOO-bəl (English)Biblical
Alda (2)AHL-dahLimburgish
Irmak-Turkish
Vena-Hinduism
GwendolenGWEN-də-lin (English)Welsh