sweet-talk

plural sweet-talks · alternative sweettalk · alternative sweet talk

1. alternativeAlternative form of sweet talk.

present singular third person sweet-talks · participle present sweet-talking · participle past sweet-talked · past sweet-talked · alternative sweettalk · alternative sweet talk

1. idiomaticinformaltransitiveTo influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering.

   His grin faded a little. "How'd you do it? Sweet-talk one of the guards into letting you in at the head of the line?"

   1954 November, Mari Wolf, “The Very Secret Agent”, in If

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   “Oh, that he finagled. No fate involved. He saw you in the waiting area and sweet-talked the woman behind the counter to sit the two of you together.”

   2021, Piper Davenport, The Bride Pursued, Sweet edition, Trixie Publishing, Inc.

   Synonyms: butter up, coax, canoodle, inveigle, wheedle, palaver, cajole, blandander