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Meaning of talk fast and loose | Babel Free

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.

See also

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