Pronunciation

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Verb

talk over someone's head (third-person singular simple present talks over someone's head, present participle talking over someone's head, simple past and past participle talked over someone's head)Category:English lemmas#TALKOVERSOMEONESHEADCategory:English verbs#TALKOVERSOMEONESHEADCategory:English multiword terms#TALKOVERSOMEONESHEADCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#TALKOVERSOMEONESHEADCategory:Pages with entries#TALK%20OVER%20SOMEONE'S%20HEADCategory:Pages with 1 entry#TALK%20OVER%20SOMEONE'S%20HEAD

1. (idiomaticCategory:English idioms#TALKOVERSOMEONESHEAD) To communicate something beyond the level of comprehension of the target.
   • 2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point‎, Pocket Books, →ISBN:

     NASA was often accused of talking over the public's head.

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