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21soft-soap — UK / US verb [transitive] Word forms soft soap : present tense I/you/we/they soft soap he/she/it soft soaps present participle soft soaping past tense soft soaped past participle soft soaped informal to be nice to someone when you want them to do …
22soft-soap — verb transitive INFORMAL to be nice to someone when you want them to do something for you ╾ ,soft soap noun uncount …
23soft-soap — verb (T) informal to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something, change their mind etc: Don t think you can soft soap me! soft soap noun (U) …
24soft-soap — verb 1. persuade someone through flattery • Hypernyms: ↑wheedle, ↑cajole, ↑palaver, ↑blarney, ↑coax, ↑sweet talk, ↑inveigle • Verb Frames …
25butter someone up — (informal) FLATTER, court, wheedle, persuade, blarney, coax, get round, prevail on; be obsequious towards, be sycophantic towards, toady to, fawn on, make up to, play up to, ingratiate oneself with, rub up the right way, curry favour with;… …
26Joe Soap — or merely Joe noun (RAF rhyming slang for dope) someone imposed on to perform unpleasant tasks • • • Main Entry: ↑Joe …
27blank (someone) — vb British to snub or refuse to speak to someone or acknowledge them. A mainly working class expression becoming increasingly popular in London since the later 1980s. The past participle form blanked in particular is a vogue term among… …
28get round someone — CAJOLE, persuade, wheedle, coax, prevail on, win over, bring round, sway, beguile, charm, inveigle, influence, woo; informal sweet talk, soft soap, butter up, twist someone s arm. → get …
29soften someone up — CHARM, win over, persuade, influence, weaken, disarm, sweeten; informal butter up, soft soap. → soften …
30soapbox — soap|box [ˈsəupbɔks US ˈsoupba:ks] n [C usually singular] informal if someone is on their soapbox, they are telling people their opinions about something in a loud and forceful way on your soapbox ▪ Environmental activists have climbed on their… …
