chivvyverb [ T usually + adv/prep ]
uk/ˈtʃɪv.i/us/ˈtʃɪv.i/UK informalto encourage someone to do something they do not want to do:
He kept putting off writing the report so I had to chivvy him along.
I had to chivvy him into writing the report.
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Urging & persuading
- argumentation
- blag
- brainwash
- bring
- browbeat
- butter
- cajole
- get sth out of sb
- persuade
- persuasion
- preach
- prevail on/upon sb
- proselytize
- rush sb into (doing) sth
- sucker sb into sth
- swing
- talk sb down
- talk sb out of sth
- twist
- work on sb
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