If you try to ~ someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
I have watched parents trying to ~ their children and have never seen it work.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
If you try to ~ someone, you try to persuade them to do or accept something by using sensible arguments.
I have watched parents trying to ~ their children and have never seen it work.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012