Usually means: Discuss matters straightforwardly and seriously.
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  1. talk turkey: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. talk turkey: Merriam-Webster
  3. talk turkey: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. talk turkey: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. talk turkey: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. talk turkey: Wiktionary
  8. talk turkey: Dictionary.com
  9. talk turkey: Rhymezone
  10. talk turkey: FreeDictionary.org
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  13. Talk turkey: World Wide Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (talk turkey)

▸ verb:  (chiefly US, idiomatic) To talk or negotiate plainly, frankly, or seriously.

Similar:
talk up, walk turkey, talk, talk a good game, talk shop, shoot someone straight, talk out, speak one's mind, talk through one's hat, talk big, more...

Opposite:
beat around bush, avoid issue, speak vaguely

Adjectives:
telltale, gammon, streit, bluff, eristic, put-up, cant, internecine, toady, strifeful, ninja

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Similar:
talk up, walk turkey, talk, talk a good game, talk shop, shoot someone straight, talk out, speak one's mind, talk through one's hat, talk big, more...

Opposite:
beat around bush, avoid issue, speak vaguely

Adjectives:
telltale, gammon, streit, bluff, eristic, put-up, cant, internecine, toady, strifeful, ninja



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