jolly (someone) along

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jolly (someone) along

To encourage someone (to do something), especially in a positive, cheerful manner. I was getting disheartened writing my first novel, but my husband jollied me along to finish it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yaroslava	yah-rah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Russian, Ukrainian, Medieval Slavic
Ada	AY-də (English), AH-dah (Polish, Finnish)	English, German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, Finnish
Ardghal	AHR-dahl	Irish
Caridad	kah-ree-DHAHD	Spanish
Sigrid	SEEG-reed (Finnish)	Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Estonian, Finnish (Archaic)
Babbage	[bə'beidʒ]