coax to do



coax someone to do something

to urge someone to do something. The kids coaxed her to let them go swimming. Can I coax you to try some of this pie?
See also: coax

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Mariamah-REE-ah (Italian, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch), mə-REE-ə (Catalan, English), MAHR-yah (Polish), MAH-ree-ah (Finnish)Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Occitan, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Faroese, Dutch, Frisian,
Pipaluk-Native American, Greenlandic
Aloys[ə'lɔis]
Thaksin-Thai
Sang-Hunsahng-hoonKorean
Hunfrid-Ancient Germanic