soft-soap

See also: softsoap and soft soap

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Noun

soft-soap (uncountable)

  1. Persuasion by means of flattery or pleasing words.

Verb

soft-soap (third-person singular simple present soft-soaps, present participle soft-soaping, simple past and past participle soft-soaped)

  1. (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To attempt to persuade by flattery or pleasing words; to butter up.

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