(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone, you flatter them or tell them what you think they want to hear in order to try and persuade them to do something.
The government is not ~ing the voters here.
VERB: V n
(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
If you ~ someone, you flatter them or tell them what you think they want to hear in order to try and persuade them to do something.
The government is not ~ing the voters here.
VERB: V n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012