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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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When an important merger meeting in Colorado coincides with the family's long-planned Hawaii vacation, Bob arbitrarily switches plans, rents a ghastly RV and cajoles his reluctant family into taking a road trip instead.
The young pouting Goddess is done splendidly when she cajoles Christopher to help her and then angrily laments her fate.
As Nosferatu's leading man, Gustav von Wangenheim, Izzard puts on hilarious faces as Murnau cajoles a performance out of him with the camera rolling.
 
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