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cajole
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cajole someone into something
to coax or persuade someone to do something. They tried to cajole us into helping them move. You can't cajole me into doing that!

cajole someone out of something 

1. to coax or persuade someone not to do something. Try and cajole her out of going there. I cajoled her out of leaving so soon.
2. to coax or persuade someone to give up something or give away something. She tried to cajole him out of his inheritance.
See also: out


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As the longest-serving player in Everton's squad - he was actually Moyes's first major signing when he arrived initially on loan from Olympique Marseille in the summer of 2002 - the Nigerian certainly has the experience but he'll never be another shouter, bawler and cajoler in the same way as Neville.
Un de ces derniers m'a meme ramenee a une epoque ou la * petite dame * pouvait se faire cajoler ou manoeuvrer avec paternalisme.
In many of the aforementioned situations the teacher is the central figure--a sage, a cajoler, a mother-figure, a drill sergeant or even a clown.
 
 
 
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