soften up

Strong matches

• allure
• bait
• bamboozle
• beguile
• blandish
• cajole
• charm
• coax
• con
• decoy
• ensnare
• entrap
• hook
• influence
• jolly
• lure
• maneuver
• massage
• oil
• persuade
• seduce
• snow
• soft-soap
• stroke
• tempt
• urge
• wheedle

Weak matches

• egg on
• get around
• lay it on thick
• lead on
• play up to
• rope in
• string along
• sweet-talk
• work over

Strong matches

• cajole
• gratify
• massage
• please
• satisfy
• snow
• soap
• stroke

Weak matches

• brown-nose
• fall all over
• lay it on
• play the game
• play up to
• politic
• suck up to

Strong matches

• alleviate
• mollify
• pacify
• soothe

Weak matches

• add sugar
• add sweetening
• candy-coat
• make more appealing
• make sweet

Strongest matches

• dominate
• impress
• inspire
• overrule
• persuade

Strong matches

• bias
• brainwash
• carry
• conduct
• control
• crack
• direct
• dispose
• get
• govern
• guide
• hook
• incline
• induce
• manage
• move
• predispose
• reign
• rule
• sell
• strike
• touch

Weak matches

• hold sway over
• impact on
• lead by the nose
• prevail on
• put across
• rule over
• suck in
• turn one's head
• twist one's arm
• win over
• work on

Strongest match

• alleviate

Strong matches

• assuage
• conciliate
• honey
• mollify
• pacify
• placate
• propitiate
• soothe

Strongest matches

• cajole
• finagle

Strong matches

• banter
• blandish
• charm
• coax
• con
• court
• draw
• entice
• flatter
• inveigle
• kowtow
• oil
• persuade
• seduce
• snow
• soap
• soft-soap
• sweet-talk
• worm

Weak matches

• butter up
• lay it on
• spread it on
• sweeten up
• work on