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Talk down   /tɔk daʊn/   Listen
Talk down

verb
1.
Belittle through talk.
2.
Speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child.
3.
Direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio.






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"Talk down" Quotes from Famous Books



... laughing by relating some queer housekeeping experiences that she and a school friend had had while camping at Chautauqua. Somehow each one felt at home with her. As Captain Eri said afterwards, "She didn't giggle, and then ag'in she didn't talk down at you." ...
— Cap'n Eri • Joseph Crosby Lincoln



Words linked to "Talk down" :   direct, speak, minimize, belittle, talk, derogate, denigrate



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