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Soft-soap

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Verb

1. soft-soap

persuade someone through flattery

2. soft-soap

use flattering talk on somebody

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Soft-soap

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noun
1. medicine another name for green soap
2. informal
flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk
verb soft-soap
3. informal
to use such talk on (a person)
verb (transitive)
informal
to use flattering, persuasive, or cajoling talk on (a person)
At least do me the courtesy of not trying to soft-soap me.
The government is not soft-soaping the voters here.

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Soft-soap

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1. 
soap in liquid or semifluid form
2.  Informal
flattery or smooth talk
verb transitive
Informal
to flatter

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Soft-soap

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tr.v. soft-soaped, soft-soap·ing, soft-soaps
Informal
To flatter in order to gain something; cajole.

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