WHEEDLE


Meaning of WHEEDLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ (h)wi:d(ə)l ]

( wheedles, wheedling, wheedled)

If you say that someone wheedles , you mean that they try to persuade someone to do or give them what they want, for example by saying nice things that they do not mean.

Cross decided to beg and wheedle a bit...

He managed to wheedle his way into the offices.

...an opportunity to wheedle more money out of Wilson...

VERB : V , V way prep , V n out of/from n [ disapproval ]

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