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soft-soapˈsoft-soap verb [transitive]  VERB TABLEsoft-soap |
| Present | I, you, we, they | soft-soap | | he, she, it | soft-soaps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | soft-soaped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have soft-soaped | | he, she, it | has soft-soaped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had soft-soaped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will soft-soap | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have soft-soaped |
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| Present | I | am soft-soaping | | he, she, it | is soft-soaping | | you, we, they | are soft-soaping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was soft-soaping | | you, we, they | were soft-soaping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been soft-soaping | | he, she, it | has been soft-soaping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been soft-soaping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be soft-soaping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been soft-soaping |
British English informal to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something: Don’t think you can soft-soap me!—soft soap noun [uncountable] |