talk through

talk through
1) PHR-V-RECIP If you talk something through with someone, you discuss it with them thoroughly.

[pl-n V P n (not pron)] He and I have talked through this whole tricky problem...

[V P with n n] Now her children are grown-up and she has talked through with them what happened...

[pl-n V n P] It had all seemed so simple when they'd talked it through, so logical...

[V n P with n] He had talked it through with Judith.

2) PHRASAL VERB If someone talks you through something that you do not know, they explain it to you carefully.

[V n P n] Now she must talk her sister through the process a step at a time.


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