jaw down



jaw someone down

Sl. to talk someone down; to wear someone down talking. We'll try to jaw him down. If that doesn't work, I don't know what we will do. We will jaw down the objectors.
See also: down, jaw

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Vikram-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada
Iephthae-Biblical Greek
Fionnlagh-Irish, Scottish
Apple['æpl]
Paulinepo-LEEN (French), paw-LEEN (English), pow-LEE-nə (German)French, English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Yutke-Yiddish