talk down

Verb

Meaning

direct and control (the flight of an airplane during landing) via radio

belittle through talk

speak in a condescending manner, as if to a child

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Look, I think if you talk down to a kid or aim specifically at a kid, most kids aren't gonna like it, really, because most kids can feel when you are being patronizing. Brad Bird

It's so dark," she said lamely. "You want me to hold your hand?" Clary put both her hands behind her back like a small child. "Don't talk down to me." "Well, I could hardly talk up to you. You're too short. Cassandra Clare

Adults are interested if you don't play down to the little 2 or 3 year olds or talk down. I don't believe in talking down to children. I don't believe in talking down to any certain segment. I like to kind of just talk in a general way to the audience. Children are always reaching. Walt Disney

the control tower talked down the plane whose pilot fell ill Source: Internet

He talks down to her Source: Internet

I liked her sassy comeback to a lot of the wives of the players who talk down to her because she is only a girlfriend. Source: Internet

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