COAX SOMEONE OR AN ANIMAL OUT OF SOMETHING

coax someone or an animal out of something: translation

coax someone or an animal out of something

1. to urge or persuade someone or an animal to give something up. •

He almost wouldn't sell it, but I coaxed him out of it.

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I coaxed the cat out of the canary it was holding in its mouth.

2. to urge or persuade someone or an animal to come out of something. •

She coaxed the puppy out of the carton.

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Janet coaxed the child out of the closet with a promise of a piece of cake.