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Base language: EN
Letter: t
Total idioms: 9849 - currently selected: 833 (50 per page)Take the offensive
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take the offensive
1. (idiomatic) To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.
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take the offensive
1. (idiomatic) To attack instead of defending; to be bold and proactive.
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Take the pee
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take the pee
1. (idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) To mock; to make fun of.
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take the pee
1. (idiomatic, somewhat vulgar) To mock; to make fun of.
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Take the piss
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take the piss (out of)
1. (New Zealand, UK, vulgar, slang, idiomatic, transitive) To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).
2. (New Zealand, UK, vulgar, slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt.
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take the piss (out of)
1. (New Zealand, UK, vulgar, slang, idiomatic, transitive) To tease, ridicule or mock (someone).
2. (New Zealand, UK, vulgar, slang, idiomatic, intransitive) To subject those present to teasing, ridicule or mockery, or to show contempt.
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Take the plunge
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take the plunge
1. (idiomatic) To get engaged
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take the plunge
1. (idiomatic) To get engaged
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Take the point
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take the point (third-person singular simple present takes the point, present participle taking the point, simple past took the point, past participle taken the point)
1. (idiomatic) To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.
2. (idiomatic) To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument a
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take the point (third-person singular simple present takes the point, present participle taking the point, simple past took the point, past participle taken the point)
1. (idiomatic) To agree with what a person says, to be persuaded by their arguments.
2. (idiomatic) To grasp the essential meaning of what a person is saying, to understand a person's argument a
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Take the rap
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If you take the rap, you accept blame or punishment for something, even if you are not responsible.
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The whole class had to the take the rap for the disorder.
If you take the rap, you accept blame or punishment for something, even if you are not responsible.
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The whole class had to the take the rap for the disorder.
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Take the red pill
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take the red pill
1. (idiomatic) To understand the world in its previously unknown reality.
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take the red pill
1. (idiomatic) To understand the world in its previously unknown reality.
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Take the reins
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take the reins
1. (idiomatic) To assume charge or control.
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take the reins
1. (idiomatic) To assume charge or control.
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Take the shadow for the substance
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take the shadow for the substance
1. (idiomatic) To be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.
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take the shadow for the substance
1. (idiomatic) To be easily deceived, credulous, superficial.
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Take the stand
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take the stand
1. (idiomatic) To testify as a witness in a trial.
? The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense.
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take the stand
1. (idiomatic) To testify as a witness in a trial.
? The press speculated about whether he would take the stand and testify in his defense.
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Take the wheel
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take the wheel
1. To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.
? Can you take the wheel for a minute while I take off my gloves?
2. (idiomatic, by extension) To assume control of a situation.
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take the wheel
1. To be in control of the steering wheel of a vehicle or a vessel.
? Can you take the wheel for a minute while I take off my gloves?
2. (idiomatic, by extension) To assume control of a situation.
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Take the wind out of someone's sails
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take the wind out of someone's sails
1. (idiomatic) To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart someone.
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take the wind out of someone's sails
1. (idiomatic) To discourage someone greatly; to cause someone to lose hope or the will to continue; to thwart someone.
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Take things as they come
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take things as they come
1. (idiomatic) To accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind.
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take things as they come
1. (idiomatic) To accept and deal with events as they occur, with a composed state of mind.
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Take to
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take to
1. (idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
? Although he had never skated before, he took to it quickly, and soon glided around the ice with ease.
2. (idiomatic) To enter; to go into or move towards.
? As the train rushed through, thousands of birds took to the air at once.
3. (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
? After the third one w
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take to
1. (idiomatic) To adapt to; to learn, grasp or master.
? Although he had never skated before, he took to it quickly, and soon glided around the ice with ease.
2. (idiomatic) To enter; to go into or move towards.
? As the train rushed through, thousands of birds took to the air at once.
3. (idiomatic) To begin, as a new habit or practice.
? After the third one w
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Take to heart
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take (something) to heart
1. (idiomatic) To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)
? He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider.
2. (idiomatic) To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something.
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take (something) to heart
1. (idiomatic) To take something seriously; to internalize or live according to something (e.g. advice.)
? He really took it to heart when I asked him to reconsider.
2. (idiomatic) To feel keenly; be greatly grieved at; be much affected by something.
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Take to one's heels
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take to one's heels
1. (idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.
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take to one's heels
1. (idiomatic) To leave, especially to flee or run away.
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Take to something like a duck to water
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If you take to something like a duck to water, you do it naturally and easily, without fear or hesitation.
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When Sophie first tried skiing, she took to it like a duck to water.
If you take to something like a duck to water, you do it naturally and easily, without fear or hesitation.
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When Sophie first tried skiing, she took to it like a duck to water.
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Take to task
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take (someone) to task
1. (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.
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take (someone) to task
1. (idiomatic) To lecture, berate, admonish, or hold somebody accountable for his or her actions.
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Take to the cleaners
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take (someone) to the cleaners
1. (idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.
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take (someone) to the cleaners
1. (idiomatic) To take a significant quantity of a person's money or valuables, through overcharging, litigation, unfavorable investing, gambling, fraud, etc.
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Take to the hills
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take to the hills
1. (idiomatic) To flee or vanish; to run away.
? He often took to the hills when his mother-in-law was in town.
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take to the hills
1. (idiomatic) To flee or vanish; to run away.
? He often took to the hills when his mother-in-law was in town.
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Take to wife
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take to wife (third-person singular simple present takes to wife, present participle taking to wife, simple past and past participle took to wife)
1. (idiomatic) to marry (as in a specific woman)
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take to wife (third-person singular simple present takes to wife, present participle taking to wife, simple past and past participle took to wife)
1. (idiomatic) to marry (as in a specific woman)
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Take up a collection
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take up a collection
1. (idiomatic) To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.
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take up a collection
1. (idiomatic) To request and receive money or goods of value from members of a group, especially for a charitable purpose.
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Take up the cudgel for
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take up the cudgel for
1. (idiomatic) To make a defense for in lieu of another person.
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take up the cudgel for
1. (idiomatic) To make a defense for in lieu of another person.
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Take up the gauntlet
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take up the gauntlet
1. (idiomatic) To accept a challenge.
? He doesn't read Greek, but he really took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.
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take up the gauntlet
1. (idiomatic) To accept a challenge.
? He doesn't read Greek, but he really took up the gauntlet and did his best to understand the letter, anyway.
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Take up with
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take up with
1. Used other than as an idiom: see take, up, take up, with.
? He took them up with him on his next trip to the mountains.
? He took up painting with his wife.
? He took up the overpayment with his supplier.
2. To form a close relationship with (someone).
? I hear that John has taken up with
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take up with
1. Used other than as an idiom: see take, up, take up, with.
? He took them up with him on his next trip to the mountains.
? He took up painting with his wife.
? He took up the overpayment with his supplier.
2. To form a close relationship with (someone).
? I hear that John has taken up with
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Take wind out of sails
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If someone or something takes the wind out of your sails, they make you feel less confident by doing or saying something that you do not expect.
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The manger's rejection of our marketing strategy really took the wind out of our sails.
If someone or something takes the wind out of your sails, they make you feel less confident by doing or saying something that you do not expect.
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The manger's rejection of our marketing strategy really took the wind out of our sails.
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Take with a grain ofsalt
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To say that certain information should be taken with a grain of saltmeans that you doubt its accuracy.
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I hear the tuition fees are going to be reduced, but that should be taken with a grain of salt.
To say that certain information should be taken with a grain of saltmeans that you doubt its accuracy.
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I hear the tuition fees are going to be reduced, but that should be taken with a grain of salt.
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Take words out of mouth
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If you say exactly what someone else was going to say, you take the words out of their mouth.
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I entirely agree with you. You took the words out of my mouth.
If you say exactly what someone else was going to say, you take the words out of their mouth.
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I entirely agree with you. You took the words out of my mouth.
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Take your mind off
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If an activity takes your mind off something that is worrying you, it helps you to stop thinking about it for a while.
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Sarah was worrying about the result of the test so Tom took her to the cinema to take her mind off it.
If an activity takes your mind off something that is worrying you, it helps you to stop thinking about it for a while.
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Sarah was worrying about the result of the test so Tom took her to the cinema to take her mind off it.
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Take/have a gander
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If you take or have a gander at something, generally new or unusual, you have a look at it or go to check it out.
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Let's take a gander at the new shopping centre. Sally says it's fantastic!
If you take or have a gander at something, generally new or unusual, you have a look at it or go to check it out.
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Let's take a gander at the new shopping centre. Sally says it's fantastic!
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Take/taken aback
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take aback (third-person singular simple present takes aback, present participle taking aback, simple past took aback, past participle taken aback)
1. (idiomatic, transitive) To surprise or shock; to discomfit.
To be Taken Aback suggests someone has been taken truly by surprise and stopped in their tracks.
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1. I was rather taken aback by his angry reply.
2. The bad news took us aback.
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‘Aback’ is the nautical term for sudden wind change, in which the sails flatten against the mast. In some cases, out on the high seas, tall square-rigged ships may not only be slowed down by a sudden wind change, but also driven backwards by strong gusts. The phrase used in such circumstances is ‘taken aback’.
(from Red herrings and white elephants by Albert Jack)
A lua prin surprindere A fi socat de ceva pana in punctul de a iti bloca orice actiune. 1. Am fost luat prin surprindere de replica lui rastita.
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2. Vestile proaste ne-au luat prin suprindere.
Taken to the cleaners
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If someone is taken to the cleaners, they lose a lot of money in an unfair way, usually by being robbed or cheated.
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When the company Tom had invested in went bankrupt, he realized he had been taken to the cleaners.
If someone is taken to the cleaners, they lose a lot of money in an unfair way, usually by being robbed or cheated.
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When the company Tom had invested in went bankrupt, he realized he had been taken to the cleaners.
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Taken unawares
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If something takes you unawares, it surprises you because you were not expecting it.
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His angry reaction took me unawares.
If something takes you unawares, it surprises you because you were not expecting it.
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His angry reaction took me unawares.
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Takes two to tango
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You say this when you think that a difficult situation cannot be the fault of one person alone.
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We've heard Fred's side of the story - but it takes two to tango!
You say this when you think that a difficult situation cannot be the fault of one person alone.
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We've heard Fred's side of the story - but it takes two to tango!
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Talent management
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talent management (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) Human capital management of the entire employee lifecycle. Companies that are engaged in talent management are strategic and deliberate in how they source, attract, select, train, develop, promote, and move employees through the organization. This term also incorporates how companies drive performance at the individual level (performance management).
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talent management (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) Human capital management of the entire employee lifecycle. Companies that are engaged in talent management are strategic and deliberate in how they source, attract, select, train, develop, promote, and move employees through the organization. This term also incorporates how companies drive performance at the individual level (performance management).
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Talk a blue streak
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talk a blue streak
1. (idiomatic) To talk for a long time, at great length, or to the point of tedium
? She's normally a quiet person, but she will talk a blue streak about fashion, if you let her.
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talk a blue streak
1. (idiomatic) To talk for a long time, at great length, or to the point of tedium
? She's normally a quiet person, but she will talk a blue streak about fashion, if you let her.
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Talk a mile a minute
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talk a mile a minute
1. (idiomatic) to speak quickly or excessively
? They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute and then went home and phoned each other!
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talk a mile a minute
1. (idiomatic) to speak quickly or excessively
? They spent the whole visit talking a mile a minute and then went home and phoned each other!
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Talk about
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talk about
1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something
? Talk about a smooth talker! Did you hear his TV speech?
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talk about
1. (idiomatic, colloquial) Used to draw attention to the speaker's characterization of someone or something
? Talk about a smooth talker! Did you hear his TV speech?
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Talk back
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talk back (third-person singular simple present talks back, present participle talking back, simple past and past participle talked back)
1. (idiomatic) To reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner.
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talk back (third-person singular simple present talks back, present participle talking back, simple past and past participle talked back)
1. (idiomatic) To reply impertinently; to answer in a cheeky manner.
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Talk dirty
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to talk dirty (third-person singular simple present talks dirty, present participle talking dirty, simple past and past participle talked dirty)
1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To use profane language, especially sexual vulgarities for the purpose of arousal.
? I love it when you talk dirty.
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to talk dirty (third-person singular simple present talks dirty, present participle talking dirty, simple past and past participle talked dirty)
1. (intransitive, idiomatic) To use profane language, especially sexual vulgarities for the purpose of arousal.
? I love it when you talk dirty.
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Talk down
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talk down
1. (idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
? If he offers a very high price, see if you can talk him down before you agree to anything.
2. (idiomatic) To speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.
? She didn't like how he talked down to her as though she didn't understand.
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talk down
1. (idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
? If he offers a very high price, see if you can talk him down before you agree to anything.
2. (idiomatic) To speak condescendingly or as though the listener is inferior.
? She didn't like how he talked down to her as though she didn't understand.
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Talk is cheap
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talk is cheap
1. (idiomatic) It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence.
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talk is cheap
1. (idiomatic) It is easy to make boastful or unrealistic statements which are not supported by actions or evidence.
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Talk like an apothecary
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talk like an apothecary
1. (intransitive, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) To prattle.
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talk like an apothecary
1. (intransitive, idiomatic, obsolete, slang) To prattle.
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Talk nineteen to the dozen
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If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly.
If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly.
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He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn't catch the whole story.
If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly.
If someone talks nineteen to the dozen, they speak very quickly.
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He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn't catch the whole story.
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Talk nineteen to the dozen
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Someone who talks nineteen to the dozen speaks very quickly.
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He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn't catch the whole story.
Someone who talks nineteen to the dozen speaks very quickly.
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He was talking nineteen to the dozen so I didn't catch the whole story.
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Talk of the devil
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talk of the devil
1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of speak of the devil.
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talk of the devil
1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of speak of the devil.
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Talk of the town
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talk of the town (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) A topic or person discussed by many people.
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talk of the town (uncountable)
1. (idiomatic) A topic or person discussed by many people.
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Talk out of turn
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talk out of turn
1. (idiomatic) To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.
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talk out of turn
1. (idiomatic) To make a remark or provide information when it is inappropriate or indiscreet to do so, or when one does not have permission or the authority to do so.
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Talk out one's ass
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talk out one's ass
1. (idiomatic) To speak authoritatively on a subject which one actually knows little about; to exaggerate.
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talk out one's ass
1. (idiomatic) To speak authoritatively on a subject which one actually knows little about; to exaggerate.
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Talk over someone's head
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talk over someone's head (third-person singular simple present talks over someone's head, present participle talking over someone's head, simple past and past participle talked over someone's head)
1. (idiomatic) To communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.
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talk over someone's head (third-person singular simple present talks over someone's head, present participle talking over someone's head, simple past and past participle talked over someone's head)
1. (idiomatic) To communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.
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