talk down
talk
tɔ:k
tawk
down
daƊn
dawn
/tˈɔːk dˈaʊn/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "talk down"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to talk down
[phrase form: talk]
01

āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏ⧂āϚāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž, āϤ⧁āĻšā§āĻ› āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž

to speak to someone in a way that suggests they are inferior or less intelligent than the speaker
to talk down definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's not professional to talk down to clients, regardless of the situation.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āϝāĻžāχ āĻšā§‹āĻ• āύāĻž āϕ⧇āύ, āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϰ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
02

āϛ⧋āϟ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to describe someone or something in a way that makes them seem less good or important
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She knew how to skillfully talk down the importance of the event to avoid stress.
āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϤ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āχāϭ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻ•āĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ—āĻžāχāĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ, āϰ⧇āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻžāϝāĻŧāϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to control an airplane's landing, using radio communication
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The automated system was able to talk down the drone to the designated landing spot.
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāϝāĻŧāĻ‚āĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āϏāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻŽāϟāĻŋ āĻĄā§āϰ⧋āύāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻŸā§‡ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻĻāϰ āĻ•āώāĻžāĻ•āώāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāĻžāύ⧋

to convince someone to reduce the cost of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They successfully talked the supplier down on the bulk purchase cost.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻĢāϞāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāϰāĻŦāϰāĻžāĻšāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āϰ āĻ•āĻžāĻ› āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ• āĻ•ā§āϰāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āĻŽāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ