talk down to
• speak patronizingly or condescendingly to someone.
• "there's an art to informing people without talking down or pandering to them"
Similar:
condescend to,
patronize,
treat condescendingly,
speak condescendingly to,
speak haughtily to,
look down one's nose at,
look down on,
put down,
be snobbish to,
