often disapproving : to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by saying nice things [+ obj] ▪ He wheedled quite a bit of money from her. ▪ We managed to wheedle [=coax] the juicy details out of him. — often + into ▪ She tried to wheedle us into spending more money than we wanted. ▪ He wheedled his way into his current job. [no obj] ▪ She pleaded and wheedled, but I wouldn't be swayed.
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