TALK INTO

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Persuade somebody to do something

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "talk into" is one way to...):

persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

Antonym:

talk out of (persuade someone not to do something)