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talk down
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Princeton's WordNet
talk downverb
belittle through talk
talk downverb
speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child
"He talks down to her"
talk downverb
direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
"the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill"
Wiktionary
talk downverb
To negotiate a lower price.
talk downverb
To speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.
ChatGPT
talk down
To talk down means to speak to someone condescendingly or patronizingly, implying that they are inferior in intelligence or understanding. It often involves treating the other person as if they are less knowledgeable, experienced, or worthy of respect.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of talk down in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of talk down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of talk down in a Sentence
People thought that the ECB would take a step back and try to talk down the rhetoric, but instead you had Nowotny come out today and say, 'You know what? The ECB is right'.
One of the first rules is don't talk down to people, right, so I'll speak to you all right up here, exactly.
He gets on TV, 'Pull your pants up black people, I was on TV in the 80s! I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom!' yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches.
You may use different sorts of sentences and illustrations before different sorts of audiences, but you don't -- if you are wise -- talk down to any audience.
It's even worse because Bill Cosby has the f--king smuggest old black man public persona that I hate. He gets on TV, 'Pull your pants up black people, I was on TV in the 80s. I can talk down to you because I had a successful sitcom.' Yeah, but you rape women, Bill Cosby, so turn the crazy down a couple notches, 'I don't curse onstage.' Well, yeah, you’re a rapist.
Translations for talk down
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- marchander, prendre de hautFrench
- trattare dall'alto in basso, trattare con arroganza, degnarsiItalian
- patrzeć z góry, targować sięPolish
- fale baixoPortuguese
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