talk through

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To tell (someone) step by step how to do something.

   Synonym: walk through

   The dispatcher will have to talk him through landing the plane in the middle of a hurricane!

2. To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.

   I'll talk him through the problem.

   She's utterly grief-stricken, so I'm going over to talk her through it.

Translations

to tell someone step by step how to do something

• Russian: объяснять (ru) (obʺjasnjatʹ)
• Spanish: explicar detalladamente, decir paso a paso

to comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it

• Russian: поддерживать (ru) (podderživatʹ)

See also

• pass through
• work through