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sweet-talked

sweet-talked is the simple past and past participle of sweet-talk.

Meaning of sweet-talk

Verb

sweet-talk (third-person singular simple present sweet-talks, present participle sweet-talking, simple past and past participle sweet-talked)

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To influence or urge by gentle caressing or flattering.
    • His grin faded a little. "How'd you do it? Sweet-talk one of the guards into letting you in at the head of the line?"1954 November, Mari Wolf, “The Very Secret Agent”, in If

Questions about sweet-talked

What is sweet-talked the simple past and past participle of?
Sweet-talked is the simple past and past participle of sweet-talk.

Words near sweet-talked in the dictionary

  1. sweet-sop
  2. sweet-sops
  3. sweet-spoken
  4. sweet-stuff
  5. sweet-talk
  6. sweet-talked
  7. sweet-talker
  8. sweet-talkers
  9. sweet-talking
  10. sweet-talks
  11. sweet-tempered

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