Meaning of talk down | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To negotiate a lower price.
   idiomatic, transitive
2. To verbally assist someone to land an aircraft.
   transitive
3. To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.
   transitive
4. To overcome by spoken argument.
   transitive
5. To comfort someone experiencing a bad trip, to help them come down.
   slang, transitive

Equivalents

Examples

“If he offers a very high price, see if you can talk him down before you agree to anything.”

“GET TALKED DOWN: When a pilot gets caught in weather, he may call the nearest tower for Ground Controlled Approach landing assistance, wherever the airport has GCA radar.”

“He got out, looked at me, and said, “I feel like Doris Day in Julie when she was talked down by air traffic control and landed the airplane.”[.]”

“Its Spielberg-inspired first commercial, in which Manhattan Island floated loftily through the sky and was talked down by air traffic control at Heathrow[.]”

“In other words, if you talk him down and he crashes, you're worse off than if you hadn't tried.”

“Talk him down, the rule book went. Calm him, get him secured. Easier said than done. Crane had talked down a would-be jumper standing on a support cable of the George Washington Bridge.”

“And that guy that talked him down told us what happen^([sic]). It's kidnapping, attempted assault.”

“I saw a man today / He led a big parade downtown / A helicopter takes a snapshot to talk him down”

“They may then go to a hippie clinic crash pad to be "talked down."”

CEFR level