wheedle-wheedle: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is wheedle?

  • To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.

    Persuader ou tenter de persuader par la flatterie ou la ruse ; cajoler.

  • To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

    Obtenir par l’utilisation de la flatterie ou de la ruse: un escroc qui m’a arraché mes économies de toute une vie.

  • To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one's ends.

    Utiliser la flatterie ou la cajolerie pour arriver à ses fins.

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