sweet talknoun [ U ]
uk/ˈswiːt tɔːk/us/ˈswiːt tɑːk/informala way of talking to someone in a pleasing or funny way in order to persuade them to do or believe something
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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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sweet-talk
verb [ T ] ukus
The salesman tried to sweet-talk me into buying a bigger car.