talk through

talk through (third-person singular simple present talks through, present participle talking through, simple past and past participle talked through)

1. To tell someone step by step how to do something.

   The dispatcher will have to talk him through landing the plane in the middle of a hurricane!

2. To comfort someone as they endure trauma; to help someone consider an issue or see certain aspects of it.

   I'll talk him through the problem.

   She's utterly grief-stricken, so I'm going over to talk her through it.

• walk through