/ ˈwiːdl; NAmE / verb
wheedle sth (out of sb) | wheedle sb into doing sth ( disapproving ) to persuade sb to give you sth or do sth by saying nice things that you do not mean
SYN coax :
[ vn ]
The kids can always wheedle money out of their father.
She wheedled me into lending her my new coat.
[also v speech ]
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: perhaps from German wedeln cringe, fawn, from Wedel tail, fan.