jockey sb into sth
— phrasal verb with jockey uk/ˈdʒɒk.i/us/ˈdʒɑː.ki/verb [ I ]
to persuade someone to do what you want, often by deceiving them in a clever way:
[ + -ing verb ] The bosses were eventually jockeyed into signing the union agreement.
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- cajole
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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Cheating & tricking