talk down

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === talk down (third-person singular simple present talks down, present participle talking down, simple past and past participle talked down) (transitive, idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price. (transitive, aviation, of ground control) To verbally assist someone to land an aircraft. (transitive) To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage. (transitive) To overcome by spoken argument. (transitive, slang) To comfort someone experiencing a bad trip, to help them come down. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== talk down to === Further reading === “talk-down n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present