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coax

Coax means to try to get someone or something to do something with gentle urging. (verb)

  1. Using compliments to talk a friend into taking a dance class with you is an example of to coax.
  2. Unclogging a drain with a plunger is an example of to coax.

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See coax in Webster's New World College Dictionary

See coax in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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