talk through

verb — 2 senses

talk through

verb
1

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

  • 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.
Related terms
pass through, work through

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