work on sb
informal— phrasal verb with work uk/wɜːk/us/wɝːk/verb
to try to persuade or influence someone:
[ + to infinitive ] I'm working on my father to get him to take me to the airport.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- get sth out of sb
- incite
- persuasion
- pitch
- preach
- press-gang
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
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