talk down
To negotiate a lower price.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“I talked the seller down to a much lower price.”
“The car was listed for five thousand dollars, but I managed to talk the dealer down to four thousand.”
“Although the antique dealer initially demanded an exorbitant sum for the painting, the persistent collector successfully talked him down to a more reasonable valuation.”
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all talk and no cider
All talk and no results.
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big talk
Statements which are boastful or exaggerated.
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coffee talk
Informal conversation among friends or acquaintances, of the kind that occurs in a casual gathering where people sit together and drink coffee.
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if these walls could talk
Used to denote a location with an interesting or controversial history.
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pillow talk
Conversation shared by bedmates, particularly intimate conversation after sexual intercourse.
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rabbit
[Cockney slang]talk
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sex talk
Flirtatious conversation, used as foreplay or for seduction.
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small talk
Idle conversation, typically regarding innocuous or unimportant subjects, usually engaged in at social gatherings out of politeness.
Last updated August 10, 2026