ˈsoft-soap BrE AmE verb [transitive]
British English informal to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something:
Don’t think you can soft-soap me!
—soft soap noun [uncountable]
ˈsoft-soap BrE AmE verb [transitive]
British English informal to say nice things to someone in order to persuade them to do something:
Don’t think you can soft-soap me!
—soft soap noun [uncountable]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012