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Definition of wheedle verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

wheedle

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈwidl//
 
(disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they wheedle
 
he / she / it wheedles
 
past simple wheedled
 
-ing form wheedling
 
 
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to persuade someone to give you something or do something by saying nice things that you do not mean synonym coax wheedle something (out of somebody) The kids can always wheedle money out of their father. wheedle somebody into doing something She wheedled me into lending her my new coat. + speech “Come on, Em,” he wheedled.
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