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| boycott |
to refuse to buy, use, attend, or deal with (a product, activity, business, or the like), usu. as a protest or means of persuasion. [1/2 definitions] |
| bring |
to cause to occur or change by way of persuasion, deliberate force, or natural consequences. [1/3 definitions] |
| coax |
to obtain by patient, gentle persuasion. [2/3 definitions] |
| convinced |
completely accepting of the validity of something because of another's persuasion. [1/2 definitions] |
| jawbone |
(informal) achieved by or employing persuasion by talk, rather than by command or authority. [1/3 definitions] |
| ply1 |
to offer something to (someone) repeatedly, esp. as a means of persuasion. [1/6 definitions] |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. [1/6 definitions] |
| subdue |
to bring under control by physical force, persuasion, or other means. [1/2 definitions] |
| suggestion |
in psychology, the process by which ideas or behavior are induced in a person without coercion or persuasion. [1/6 definitions] |
| twist (someone's) arm |
to use strong persuasion or force to make someone to do something. |
| yield |
to move or change after receiving some firm pressure or persuasion; give way. [1/5 definitions] |
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