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cajole
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
cajole
(verb)
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cajole
/kə
ˈ
ʤoʊl/
verb
cajoles
;
cajoled
;
cajoling
cajole
/kə
ˈ
ʤoʊl/
verb
cajoles
;
cajoled
;
cajoling
Learner's definition of CAJOLE
[
+ object
]
:
to persuade someone to do something or to give you something by making promises or saying nice things
—
often +
into
She had to
cajole
[=
coax
] her husband
into
going with her.
My roommate
cajoled
me
into
lending him money for pizza.
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—
often +
from
My roommate
cajoled
[=
wheedled
] money
from
me.
The reporter
cajoled
information
from
the hospital staff.
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