- sweet-talk (someone) into (doing something)
- sweet-talk (someone) into (doing something)
to persuade someone to do something by saying nice things to them.
Don't let him sweet-talk you into staying the night.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
sweet-talk (someone) into (doing something)
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