sweet talk
noun1
Informal Flattery; cajolery.
sweet-talk
verbalso spelled sweet-talk- His grin faded a little. "How'd you do it? Sweet-talk one of the guards into letting you in at the head of the line?"1954 November, Mari Wolf, “The Very Secret Agent”, in If:
- “Oh, that he finagled. No fate involved. He saw you in the waiting area and sweet-talked the woman behind the counter to sit the two of you together.”2021, Piper Davenport, The Bride Pursued, Sweet edition, Trixie Publishing, Inc.:
- Derived terms
- sweet-talker
- Related terms
- smooth talk