talk out of

Maybe they'll surprise him with the Medal of Honor he was talked out of giving himself in the first term.

He was at the town hall, he said, to see if the representative was “talking out of both sides of his mouth” and “to see if he represents us or if he represents the president.”

“I don’t personally view it as talking out of both sides of our mouth,” he said.

Alsup repeatedly accused representatives of the Trump administration of talking out of both sides of their mouths when trying to justify the layoffs.

They simply figured he wasn’t serious, wishfully thinking that he would be talked out of the dumb idea.