to persuade sb not to do sth

  • 1not at any price — not at ˈany price idiom used to say that no amount of money would persuade you to do or to sell sth • I wouldn t work for her again not at any price! Main entry: ↑priceidiom …

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  • 2not having any — not ˈhaving any idiom (informal) not willing to listen to or believe sth • I tried to persuade her to wait but she wasn t having any. Main entry: ↑haveidiom …

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  • 3persuade — per|suade W2S2 [pəˈsweıd US pər ] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: persuadere, from suadere to advise ] 1.) to make someone decide to do something, especially by giving them reasons why they should do it, or asking them many times to do… …

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  • 4bring sth about phrasal — verb (T) to make something happen: Computers have brought about many changes in the workplace. bring sb/sth around/round phrasal verb (T) 1 bring the conversation around/round to to deliberately and gradually introduce a new subject into a… …

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  • 5talk sb out of sth — UK US talk sb out of sth Phrasal Verb with talk({{}}/tɔːk/ verb [I] ► to persuade someone not to do something: »He threatened to resign, but his boss managed to talk him out of it …

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  • 6ˈtalk sb ˌout of sth — phrasal verb to persuade someone not to do something We managed to talk him out of giving up his job.[/ex] …

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  • 7fob sb off with sth — UK US fob sb off (with sth) Phrasal Verb with fob({{}}/fɒb/ verb INFORMAL ► to persuade someone to accept something that is of a low quality, or different to what they really wanted: »The bank delayed on his compensation claim for eight years… …

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  • 8talk — talk1 W1S1 [to:k US to:k] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(conversation)¦ 2¦(serious subject)¦ 3¦(say words)¦ 4¦(a speech)¦ 5¦(secret information)¦ 6 talk sense/rubbish/nonsense etc 7 talk (some) sense into somebody 8 talk to yourself 9 know what you are talking… …

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  • 9talk — 1 verb 1 CONVERSATION (I) to say things to someone, especially in a conversation: talk to: Who was that you were talking to at the party? | talk with: Bob was talking with a pretty woman from the fire department. | talk about/of: We were talking… …

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  • 10touch — touch1 W2S2 [tʌtʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(feel)¦ 2¦(no space between)¦ 3 touch something to something 4¦(affect somebody s feelings)¦ 5¦(have an effect)¦ 6¦(use)¦ 7 not touch something 8 not touch somebody/something 9¦(deal with somebody/something)¦ …

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