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to wheedle
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to obtain something through coaxing, charm, or subtle persuasion
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
wheedle
3rd person singular
wheedles
Present participle
wheedling
Past simple
wheedled
Past participle
wheedled
Examples
She wheedled her parents into letting her stay out late.
Lexical Tree
wheedler
wheedling
wheedle
