[talk into] {v.} 1. To get (someone) to agree to; make (someone) decide on (doing something) by talking; persuade to. - Used with a verbal noun. * /Bob talked us […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

talk over

[talk over] {v.} 1. To talk together about; try to agree about or decide by talking; discuss. * /Tom talked his plan over with his father before he bought the […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

talk out of

[talk out of] {v.} 1. To persuade not to; make agree or decide not to. - Used with a verbal noun. * /Mary's mother talked her out of quitting school./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

hammer at

[hammer at] or [hammer away at] {v.} 1. To work steadily at; keep at. * /That lesson is not easy, but hammer away at it and you will get it […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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out of one's wits

[out of one's wits] See: [SCARE OUT OF ONE'S WITS].

Terry Pratchett

(1948--), SF author, Small Gods The trouble with being a god is that you've got no one to pray to.

cut across

[cut across] {v.} 1. To cross or go through instead of going around; go a short way. * /John didn't want to walk to the […]

in one fell swoop

[in one fell swoop] or [at one fell swoop] {adv. phr.} 1. {literary} In one attack or accident; in one bad blow. * /The […]