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HUBLOT Posted 11 years ago
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Soft-soap

soft-soap
[+ object] British, informal
: to try to persuade (someone) to do something by using praise, kind words, etc. — often + into
Don't be soft-soaped into going out with him.
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Since "soft-soap" is BrE, what would Americans say to mean "Don't be soft-soaped into going out with him"?
  

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HUBLOT Since "soft-soap" is BrE It is not; it is equally AmE.

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  • HUBLOT Since "soft-soap" is BrE It is not; it is equally AmE.
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HUBLOTSince "soft-soap" is BrE
It is not; it is equally AmE.
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HUBLOT"Don't be soft-soaped into going out with him"?
Yes, we Americans know the idiom, but it seems old-fashioned to me. The expression alludes to liquid soap, likening its slippery quality to insincere flattery.

Don't be cajoled into going out with him.
Don't be duped into going out with him.
Don't be sweet-talked into going out with him.
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