coax (someone or something) out of (something)
coax (someone or something) out of (something)
1. To convince or persuade a person or animal to exit something. Right, like I can coax a teenage boy out of bed before noon on a Saturday! Good luck coaxing the cat out of her carrier at the vet—she's already shaking in terror.
2. To convince or persuade a person or animal to relinquish something. I can't believe I coaxed this vintage lamp out of the guy at the yard sale for only $3! Good luck coaxing the cat out of her favorite seat in the house.
See also: coax, of, out
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
coax (someone or an animal) out of something
1. to urge or persuade someone or an animal to give something up. He almost wouldn't sell it, but I coaxed him out of it. I coaxed the cat out of the canary it was holding in its mouth.
2. to urge or persuade someone or an animal to come out of something. She coaxed the puppy out of the carton. Janet coaxed the child out of the closet with a promise of a piece of cake.
See also: coax, of, out
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- coax out of
- coax
- coax (someone or something) in(to) (something)
- coax in
- coax (someone or something) to (do something)
- coax to do
- talk (one) out of (something)
- talk out of
- talk out of doing
- arise out of (something)