persuade not to

Now, at Thanksgiving, Kloefkorn tries not to persuade, not to rationalize or reason with, but to disarm herself and take in what her father’s fears are.

"Trying to persuade, not to overpower -- to meet people where they began with their assumptions," he said.

He messaged him on Instagram to persuade $not to let him be his manager.

A salesman has only to persuade, not to believe.

A political speech is meant to persuade, not to give a balanced and fully informed view of the subject.