wheedle
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Britannica Dictionary definition of WHEEDLE
often disapproving
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to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by saying nice things
— often + into
[+ object]
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He wheedled quite a bit of money from her.
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We managed to wheedle [=coax] the juicy details out of him.
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She tried to wheedle us into spending more money than we wanted.
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He wheedled his way into his current job.
[no object]
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She pleaded and wheedled, but I wouldn't be swayed.
