SOFTEN UP


Meaning of SOFTEN UP in English

If you soften someone up, you put them into a good mood before asking them to do something. (INFORMAL)

If they’d treated you well it was just to soften you up.

= butter up

PHRASAL VERB: V n P, also V P n (not pron)

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