She was unable to argue the manager into attending.
•She was unable to argue herself into doing something so unpleasant.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
argue someone into (doing) something — argue someone into/out of/(doing) something british phrase to persuade someone to do not to do something I’ve managed to argue him out of going to the match. Thesaurus: to encourage someone to do or to not do somethingsynonym Main entr … Useful english dictionary
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