TALK DOWN


Meaning of TALK DOWN in English

1.

To ~ someone who is flying an aircraft in an emergency means to give them instructions so that they can land safely.

The pilot began to talk him down by giving instructions over the radio.

PHRASAL VERB: V n P

2.

If someone talks down a particular thing, they make it less interesting, valuable, or likely than it originally seemed.

They even blame the government for talking down the nation’s fourth biggest industry...

Businessmen are tired of politicians talking the economy down.

? talk up

PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

Collins COBUILD.      Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) .