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coax (someone or something) to (do something)
To convince or persuade a person or animal to do something. Come on, see if you can coax her to dance for us—I hear she's a trained ballroom dancer. Good luck coaxing the cat to give up her favorite seat in the house.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
coax someone to do something
to urge someone to do something. The kids coaxed her to let them go swimming. Can I coax you to try some of this pie?
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- coax (someone or something) to (do something)
- coax in
- coax
- coax (someone or something) in(to) (something)
- coax (someone or something) out of (something)
- coax out of
- talk (one) out of (something)
- talk out of
- talk out of doing
- nudge (someone) into (doing) (something)