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Definition of cajole verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

cajole

 verb
verb
NAmE//kəˈdʒoʊl//
 
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cajole
 
he / she / it cajoles
 
past simple cajoled
 
-ing form cajoling
 
 
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to make someone do something by talking to them and being very nice to them synonym coax cajole somebody (into something/into doing something) He cajoled me into agreeing to do the work. cajole something out of somebody I managed to cajole his address out of them. (+ speech) “Please say yes,” she cajoled. Her voice was soft and cajoling.
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