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cajole

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cajole
verb
he had been cajoled into escorting Nadia to a concert:
persuade, wheedle, coax, talk into, maneuver, get around, prevail on, beguile, blarney, flatter, seduce, lure, entice, tempt, inveigle, woo;
informal sweet-talk, soft-soap, butter up, twist someone's arm;
archaic blandish.
▷antonyms bully.
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