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Phrase(s): coax someone or an animal out of something
1. to urge or persuade someone or an animal to give something up. • He almost wouldn’t sell it, but I coaxed him out of it. • I coaxed the cat out of the canary it was holding in its mouth. 2. to urge or persuade someone or an animal to come out of something. • She coaxed the puppy out of the carton. • Janet coaxed the child out of the closet with a promise of a piece of cake.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs