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What (who) is Cajole - definition
cajole
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(cajoles, cajoling, cajoled)
If you cajole someone into doing something, you get them to do it after persuading them for some time.
It was he who had cajoled Garland into doing the film...
He cajoled Mr Dobson to stand for mayor.
VERB: V n into -ing, V n to-inf, also V n, V
cajole
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v. a.
1.
Coax, wheedle, flatter, fawn upon, blandish.
2.
Deceive (by flattery), delude, beguile, inveigle, entrap, impose upon.
cajole
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v.
1)(d; tr.) (with an inanimate object) to cajole from, out of (she cajoled some money from him)
2) (d; tr.) to cajole into (he cajoled me into signing over the property)
3) (d; tr.) (with an animate object) to cajole out of (they cajoled him out of changing his will)
Examples of use of Cajole
1. The EA‘s water supremo has no power to order, only to cajole.
2. "Obasanjo knew how to cajole, bully and flatter," de Waal said.
3. But he can still cajole a cheer out of Labour MPs.
4. The challenge now will be to cajole Bosnian officials to engage in the process.
5. His efforts to cajole lawmakers into a compromise have repeatedly fallen flat.