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talk down

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: talk down

1
 v
belittle through talk
2
 v
direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: talk down
1

v belittle through talk

Type of:
belittle, denigrate, derogate, minimize
cause to seem less serious; play down

v speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child

“He talks down to her”
Type of:
speak, talk
exchange thoughts; talk with
2

v direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio

“the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill”
Type of:
direct
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
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