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                           Phrase(s): lay some sweet lines on someone [and] put some sweet lines on someone Sl. to speak kindly to someone; to soft-soap someone.  •  I just laid some sweet lines on her, and she let me use her car.  •  If you put some sweet lines on him, maybe he won’t ground you.
                           
                           
                           
                           
                        
    
                       
                    
                        
                        
                        
                    
 
                    
                        McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs