sweet-talk verb

/ˈswiːt.tɔːk/

/-tɑːk/ v [T] informal

Definition

to talk to someone in a pleasing or clever way in order to persuade them to do or believe something

The salesman tried to sweet-talk me into buying a bigger car.

n [U]

(Definition of sweet-talk verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Synonyms and related words:

worried or nervous about something that is going to happen

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