soft-soap

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verb

1. persuade someone through flattery
• Hypernyms:
wheedle, cajole, palaver, blarney, coax,
sweet-talk, inveigle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They soft-soap him into writing the letter
2. use flattering talk on somebody
• Hypernyms:
flatter, blandish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam and Sue soft-soap