entice (someone or something) into (something)

entice (someone or something) into (something)

1. To appeal to someone or an animal in some way, in order to convince them to do something. My parents are trying to use money to entice me into getting better grades—and it's working!
2. To appeal to someone or an animal in some way, in order to convince them to physically enter something. What can we use to entice the animals into the trap? I enticed the kids into the car with the promise of ice cream.
See also: entice
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • entice
  • tempt (someone or an animal) with (something)
  • tempt with
  • bring (someone or something) into action
  • bring into action
  • push off on
  • bring (someone or something) out of (somewhere or someone)
  • bring out of
  • dangle (something) before (someone)
  • dangle before