talk out

talk out (third-person singular simple present talks out, present participle talking out, simple past and past participle talked out)

1. (transitive) To resolve a problem by talking about it.
   • 1971, Paul Williams and Roger Nichols (music), “Rainy Days and Mondays”, in Carpenters, performed by The Carpenters:

     No need to talk it out / We know what it's all about

• talk out of

• outtalk