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carrot-and-stick
carrot-and-stick
if you use a carrot-and-stick method to make someone do something, you both offer rewards and threaten punishments (always before noun) I've had to take the carrot-and-stick approach to disciplining my kids. The harder they work, the more money they get.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Talmai | | - | Biblical, Biblical Hebrew |
Corine | | kə-REEN | English |
Jannine | | jə-NEEN | English (Rare) |
Bingham | | ['biŋən] | |
Vreni | | FRE-nee | German |
Remus | | REE-məs (English) | Roman Mythology, Romanian |