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jaw·bone (jô′bōn′)

noun

a bone of a jaw, esp. of the lower jaw

transitive verb, intransitive verb jawboned -·boned′, jawboning -·bon′·ing

to attempt to persuade by using one's high office or position to apply pressure, as the President might in proposing price and wage controls to business and labor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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