snow job
noun [C] mainly US informalDefinition
› an attempt to persuade someone to do something, especially by praising them and using charm: My boss did a snow job on me.Urging and persuadingCausing somebody to actPraising insincerely or too eagerly
(Definition of snow job noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- charm verb
- exhort verb
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- get round sb phrasal verb
- incite verb
- intercede verb
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- persuasive adjective
- pitch noun (PERSUASION)
- pitch verb (PERSUADE)
- preach to the converted idiom
- preach verb (PERSUADE)
- rope sb in phrasal verb
- spiel noun
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- talk sb down phrasal verb (PERSUADE)
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