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sweet-talk

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sweet-talk someone
Rur. to talk convincingly to someone with much flattery. I didn't want to help her, but she sweet-talked me into it. He sweet-talked her for a while, and she finally agreed to go to the dance with him.


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If women are considered weak and emotional and an easy target to sweet-talk, then they should first protect themselves against themselves and then against men.
15pm Tom's (Roger Lloyd Pack, above) a man with an eye for the main chance so when he learns he would qualify for a lump sum from his pension if he was married, he sweet-talks Sally.
David sweet-talks Del into keeping quiet about his plans for Eric, while Eli causes trouble for Marlon and Donna.
 
 
 
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