WHEEDLE


Meaning of WHEEDLE in English

(~s, wheedling, ~d)

If you say that someone ~s, 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 ~ a bit...

He managed to ~ his way into the offices.

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

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

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