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    SWEET-TALK

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flatteringplay

    Example:

    He palavered her into going along

    Synonyms:

    blarney; cajole; coax; inveigle; palaver; sweet-talk; wheedle

    Classified under:

    Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

    Hypernyms (to "sweet-talk" is one way to...):

    persuade (cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sweet-talk"):

    soft-soap (persuade someone through flattery)

    browbeat; bully; swagger (discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something

    Sentence example:

    They sweet-talk him into writing the letter

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