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sweet-talk
 
VERB:1. Informal. To persuade or try to persuade by gentle persistent urging or flattery: blandish, cajole, coax, honey, wheedle. Informal : soft-soap. See PERSUASION. 2. Informal. To compliment excessively and ingratiatingly: adulate, blandish, butter up, flatter, honey, slaver. Informal : soft-soap. See PRAISE.
 
 
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