coax someone or an animal out of something

coax someone or an animal out of something
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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