talk round


verb

Also: talk over (tr, adverb) to persuade to one's opinion I talked him round to buying a car
(intr, preposition) to discuss the arguments relating to (a subject), esp without coming to a conclusion to talk round the problem of the human condition
(intr, preposition) to discuss (a subject) vaguely without considering basic facts they talked round the idea of moving house quite forgetting they hadn't enough money