soft-soap
verb/ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/
/ˈsɔːft səʊp/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they soft-soap | /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊp/ /ˈsɔːft səʊp/ |
| he / she / it soft-soaps | /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊps/ /ˈsɔːft səʊps/ |
| past simple soft-soaped | /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpt/ /ˈsɔːft səʊpt/ |
| past participle soft-soaped | /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpt/ /ˈsɔːft səʊpt/ |
| -ing form soft-soaping | /ˌsɒft ˈsəʊpɪŋ/ /ˈsɔːft səʊpɪŋ/ |
- soft-soap somebody to say nice things to somebody in order to persuade them to do something
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