wheedle / coax something out of someone

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coax — [[t]ko͟ʊks[/t]] coaxes, coaxing, coaxed 1) VERB If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. [V n prep] After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself... [V n to inf] The… … English dictionary
tempt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. entice, cajole, fascinate, lure, decoy, seduce; provoke, defy, incite, appeal, attract. See desire, attraction. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. lure, entice, fascinate, seduce, appeal to, inveigle, decoy,… … English dictionary for students
lure# — lure n Lure, bait, decoy, snare, trap all denote something that leads an animal or a person into a particular place or situation from which escape is difficult. Lure suggests something that always attracts and often deceives {threw out all the… … New Dictionary of Synonyms

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