talk around/round

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtalk around/round phrasal verb British English1 talk somebody around/roundPERSUADE to persuade someone to change their opinion about something Leave Betty to me. I’ll soon talk her round.2 talk around/round somethingDISCUSS to discuss a problem without really dealing with the important parts of it They had spent half the night talking round the subject. → talk→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpustalk around/round• Get people talking round a subject.• We talk round all these factors and eventually that tends to work towards a particular player.• Robyn listened helplessly as they talked around and about her and remembered.• He had never heard Alex talk around dope before.• In the early days I remember we could spend an hour talking round one position.• Why was she conspiring with him to talk around the subject rather than come to the point?• We must have spent at least five minutes talking round the subject.talk around/round something• Get people talking round a subject.• We talk round all these factors and eventually that tends to work towards a particular player.• Robyn listened helplessly as they talked around and about her and remembered.• He had never heard Alex talk around dope before.• In the early days I remember we could spend an hour talking round one position.• It was the talk around the base.• Why was she conspiring with him to talk around the subject rather than come to the point?• We must have spent at least five minutes talking round the subject.

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Verb table

talk

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	talk
he, she, it	talks
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	talked
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have talked
he, she, it	has talked
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had talked
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will talk
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have talked
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Continuous Form
Present
I	am talking
he, she, it	is talking
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you, we, they	are talking
Past
I, he, she, it	was talking
you, we, they	were talking
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	have been talking
he, she, it	has been talking
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been talking
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be talking
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been talking
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