talk fast and loose

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To speak with little regard to accuracy.

Examples

“"Folks will talk ⟳ so much about things they don't understand ⟳, my dear Marit," she said; "they talk ⟳ fast and loose, and, as for the fell-maker, he may understand ⟳ sheep's skin well enough, but sickness and changelings he knows nothing about, I say ⟳ and maintain ⟳!"”

CEFR level

C2

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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See also

talk in circles talk into talk like a book talk like an apothecary talk nasty talk one's way out of

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