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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Liliana	lee-LYAH-nah (Italian, Polish), lil-ee-AN-ə (English)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Polish, English
Alea	ə-LEE-ə	English (Rare)
VÉRonique	ve-ro-NEEK	French
Pierre	PYER (French)	French, Swedish
Lidia	LEED-yah (Polish), LEE-dyah (Italian), LEE-dhyah (Spanish)	Polish, Italian, Spanish, Romanian
Yakub	-	Arabic