COAX


Meaning of COAX in English

(~es, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

If you ~ someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.

After lunch, she watched, listened and ~ed Bobby into talking about himself...

The government ~ed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.

VERB: V n prep, V n to-inf

2.

If you ~ something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you.

The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to ~ vital information from the young victim...

VERB: V n out of/from n

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