Talk out of doing Meaning in English

expression

US

TAWK-owt-uhv-DOO-ing

UK

TAWK-owt-ov-DOO-ing

التعريف

To persuade someone not to do something they intended to do.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Usually followed by a person and gerund (e.g., 'talk him out of quitting'). Informal and often used for offering advice or expressing regret. Not the same as 'talk out' (which means discuss fully).

• Spanish: convencer de no hacer (algo)
• Portuguese (BR): convencer a não fazer (algo)
• Portuguese (PT): convencer a não fazer (algo)
• Chinese (Simplified): 劝阻做（某事）
• Chinese (Traditional): 勸阻做（某事）
• Hindi: (किसी को कुछ न करने के लिए) समझाना
• Arabic: إقناع بعدم القيام بـ (شيء)
• Bengali: বাধা দেওয়া - করা থেকে নিরস্ত করা - মত ফেরানো
• Russian: отговорить (кого-то) от (чего-то)
• Japanese: ～するのを思いとどまらせる - ～しないよう説得する
• Vietnamese: thuyết phục (ai đó) không làm
• Korean: 하지 말라고 설득하다 - 단념시키다
• Turkish: vazgeçirmek - yapmaktan caydırmak
• Urdu: باز رکھنا - منع کرنا (کسی کام سے)
• Indonesian: membujuk (seseorang) agar tidak melakukan

جمل نموذجية

She tried to talk him out of quitting his job.

basic

I couldn't talk her out of moving abroad.

basic

They tried to talk me out of buying that car.

basic

No matter what I said, I couldn't talk him out of dropping out of school.

natural

His friends finally managed to talk him out of getting a tattoo.

natural

You won't be able to talk me out of eating this cake—I've waited all day!

natural