talk down | Idiomator

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)Tonegotiatealowerprice.If he offers a very high price, see if you cantalkhimdownbefore you agree to anything.; (transitive,aviation,ofground control)To verbally assist someone to land anaircraft.1960Feb, “Business with FAA”, inFlying Magazine, page109:GET TALKED DOWN: When a pilot gets caught in weather, he may call the nearest tower for Ground Controlled Approach landing assistance, wherever the airport has GCA radar.2000, Larry King,Anything Goes!: What I've Learned from Pundits, Politicians, and Presidents,→ISBN, page139:He got out, looked at me, and said, “I feel like Doris Day in Julie when she wastalked downby air traffic control and landed the airplane.”[.]2008, Winston Fletcher,Powers of Persuasion: The Inside Story of British Advertising 1951-2000,→ISBN:Its Spielberg-inspired first commercial, in which Manhattan Island floated loftily through the sky and wastalked downby air traffic control at Heathrow[.]2008, Nelson DeMille, Thomas Block,Mayday,→ISBN:In other words, if youtalkhimdownand he crashes, you're worse off than if you hadn't tried.; (transitive)To convince a person to cease a drastic action or response, such as a suicide attempt or act of rage.2007, Lincoln Child,Deep Storm‎[1]:Talk him down, the rule book went. Calm him, get him secured. Easier said than done. Crane hadtalked downa would-be jumper standing on a support cable of the George Washington Bridge.(Can wedatethis quote?), CJ Raines,Shelby: A Great Love‎[2]:And that guy thattalked him downtold us what happen[sic]. It's kidnapping, attempted assault.; (transitive)Toovercomebyspokenargument.; (transitive,slang)To comfort someone experiencing abad trip, to help themcome down.1969,American Journal of Psychiatry, volume125, number 4, page154:They may then go to a hippie clinic crash pad to be "talked down."

Examples:

EN: I could make headlines out of that hospital talk down at Fair Springs if you'd let me.
ES: Podríamos conseguir titulares de esa charla del hospital en Fair Springs.
EN: You're in no spot to talk down to me, Farrell. So don't.
ES: Usted no es nadie para hablarme así, Farrell, así que olvídelo.
EN: We can't talk down here.
ES: No podemos hablar aquí.
EN: There was some talk down at the paddock.
ES: - Alguien debe saber algo.
EN: - We'll talk down over here.
ES: - Hablaremos aquí.
EN: Don't talk down to me, Al.
ES: No me hagas callar, Al.
EN: Don't talk down to me, Mrs Fairchild.
ES: No me hable así, Sra. Fairchild.
EN: I'm not intoxicated in the slightest degree. Kindly don't talk down to me, Mrs. Penmark.
ES: No estoy borracha.
EN: - Don't you talk down to me.
ES: No me sermonees.
EN: Jerry, just so I'll understand all this, talk down to me a little bit. Like A, B, C, OK?
ES: Sólo para entenderte, explícamelo como si fuera una niña pequeña, ¿vale?
EN: Would you prefer we have our little talk down at the station?
ES: ¿Prefiere que tengamos una pequeña charla en la comisaría?
EN: I've tried on several occasions to talk down the wreck of our space vehicle, the Elinor M.
ES: Intenté comunicarme varias veces con su nave, la Elinor M.
EN: - What was that talk down there?
ES: -¿Qué fue esa charla ahí?
EN: Still the kings of Europe talk down to us in the language of the aristocracy.
ES: Los reyes exilados se atreven a hablarnos como amos.
EN: We'll only talk down here. Or you'll kick us out?
ES: Sólo hablaremos aquí, sino nos detenéis.

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