sell someone on

Convince or persuade someone of the worth or desirability of something, as in They were hoping to sell enough legislators on their bill so that it would pass easily, or Dave was really sold on that new car. [Colloquial; early 1900s]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Dale	[deil]
Jordaan	yawr-DAH:N	Dutch
Berta	BER-tah (Polish, German, Italian)	Polish, Czech, Hungarian, German, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Slovene
Thea	TE-ah (German), THEE-ə (English)	German, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, English
Brodie	BRO-dee	English (Modern)
Savva	-	Russian