- cajole someone into something
- cajole someone into somethingto coax or persuade someone to do something. •
They tried to cajole us into helping them move.
•You can't cajole me into doing that!
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
cajole someone into something
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talk someone into something — don t even try to talk me into giving you another loan Syn: persuade into, argue into, cajole into, coax into, bring around to, inveigle into, wheedle into, sweet talk into, prevail on someone to; informal hustle into, fast talk into … Thesaurus of popular words
talk someone into something — PERSUADE INTO, argue into, cajole into, coax into, bring round to, inveigle into, wheedle into, prevail on someone to; informal sweet talk into, hustle, fast talk. → talk … Useful english dictionary
cajole — [[t]kəʤo͟ʊl[/t]] cajoles, cajoling, cajoled VERB If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time. [V n into ing] It was he who had cajoled Garland into doing the film... [V n to inf] He… … English dictionary
cajole — ca|jole [kəˈdʒəul US ˈdʒoul] v [I and T] [Date: 1600 1700; : French; Origin: cajoler to make noises like a bird in a cage, cajole , from Old North French gaiole birdcage , from Latin cavea; CAGE1] to gradually persuade someone to do something by… … Dictionary of contemporary English
cajole — verb (I, T) to gradually persuade someone to do something by being nice, etc: cajole sb into doing sth: Can t you cajole her into coming? … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
cajole — UK [kəˈdʒəʊl] / US [kəˈdʒoʊl] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms cajole : present tense I/you/we/they cajole he/she/it cajoles present participle cajoling past tense cajoled past participle cajoled to persuade someone to do something by… … English dictionary
cajole — ca|jole [ kə dʒoul ] verb intransitive or transitive to persuade someone to do something by encouraging them gently or being nice to them: I had hoped to cajole them into helping us … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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