talk somebody out of something

They knew you'd be able to talk your way out of the tax.

"Like making up things so you can talk your way out of a bad situation."

He knew me well enough to know I wouldn't want him talking out of school.

Keep in mind we're talking about 10 minutes out of 21 years.

Light, he had tried to talk himself out of it!

For two weeks he tried to talk her out of it.

But I'm going to try to talk her out of it.

I haven't even tried to talk him out of it.

I knew my mother would talk her out of it.

He spent hours trying to talk me out of it.