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fast-talk

[ fast-tawk, fahst- ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections:

    The salesperson tried to fast-talk me into buying a suit I didn't want.



fast talk

noun

  1. fervent, deceptive patter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to influence (a person) by means of such patter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of fast-talk1

An Americanism dating back to 1945–50
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After buying a cheap, cream-colored suit from the cousin of a street vendor, young Carl managed to fast-talk his way into getting hired as a copyboy at The Evening Star, then the chief rival of The Washington Post.

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“He hates blandishing fast-talk that sounds like doublespeak,†said Chris Jennings, a former health policy aide who engaged frequently with Biden when he was vice president.

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So boo-friggin’-hoo for Smith, who tried to fast-talk the court into believing that his slaves were really his “traveling companions.â€

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Trip had the quickest tongue of anyone in the troupe, which made him the best man for the job of making sure no one tried to fast-talk or bully their way inside.

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There's no legal fast-talk that can get the Supreme Court to rule again in a manner that ignores an amendment to the Constitution.

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