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Soft-soap   /sɑft-soʊp/   Listen
Soft-soap

verb
1.
Persuade someone through flattery.
2.
Use flattering talk on somebody.





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"Soft-soap" Quotes from Famous Books



... Soft-soap Joe, the bartender, "he left two hours ago on a new case, otherwise they ...
— Down the Mother Lode • Vivia Hemphill
... her brother. "To think you could slip so easy on that sort of soft-soap. Tut, tut! I'm surprised.... Well, good-by. Oh, by the way, how about his majesty's board bill? Paid ...
— Fair Harbor • Joseph Crosby Lincoln
... like the man of the Times, who seldom failed in getting by some mysterious process the secrets of Downing street. However, as disturbances seldom come separate, no sooner had the man of the Times been smoothed nicely down with Downing street soft-soap, of which a never-failing supply was always at hand, than a most furious hue and cry again echoed through the old walls from another part of the house. Alarm and anxiety darted into the face of everyone present; all eyes stared ...
— The Adventures of My Cousin Smooth • Timothy Templeton


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