talk out of
Example Sentences
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“Did you hear something, Viola? How about you, Beatrice? Or is Paulie T. just talking out of his branches?”
From Literature
“Well, she wasn’t the sort to be talked out of things.”
From Literature
“We’re talking out of money to pay rent, to pay car payments, to pay health insurance, and to pay life insurance,” Wallach said, according to the transcript.
From Los Angeles Times
My apologies to Jerome Powell, but on Wednesday, the chairman of the Federal Reserve was talking out of his hat.
From MarketWatch
As a parent, the first time I saw one of my sons talk out of their posterior on a subject they knew nothing about, I laughed.
From Salon
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
