coax
coax /k'oʊks/ (coaxes coaxing coaxed)
1 [VERB] V n prep, V n to-inf
If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself...
The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
2 [VERB] V n out of/from n
If you coax something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you.
The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim...
1 [VERB] V n prep, V n to-inf
If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it.
After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself...
The government coaxed them to give up their strike by promising them temporary residence permits.
2 [VERB] V n out of/from n
If you coax something such as information out of someone, you gently persuade them to give it to you.
The WPC talked yesterday of her role in trying to coax vital information from the young victim...