jawboning
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8.7
- noun
- /ˈdʒɔːboʊnɪŋ/
- Literature
:
presión
- The government's jawboning of the industry aimed to encourage companies to lower their prices during the crisis.
Examples
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It's called Jawboning with Scaz and Millie.
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But the bureaucrats have a lot of jawboning to do.
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And verbatim quote this jawboning, as it has become to be known, has worked.
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His constant jawboning about the importance of recycling led many in the community to change their habits.
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Through persistent jawboning, the officials were able to persuade the public to support the new policy changes.
Synonyms
256
3.2
Use of influence by other people to make someone do something
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6.3
Strong pressure from someone to make you do something
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7.0
An act of trying to make someone do something by teasing or urging them again and again
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6.1
A feeling of being pushed by others to do something
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7.4
A way of putting pressure on someone to make them agree
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8.4
Gentle praise and kind words used to get someone to do something
A plan to control people by tricking them
How Forceful
- Offensive
56
6.9
256
3.2
- Literature
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8.7
136
2.9
45
3.6
759
1.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Jawboning also grew from the idea of using the jaw (talk) as a tool to push people, like when someone uses words to 'persuade' or 'pressure' others. So, jawboning can mean strong persuasion by talk to try to change people's actions or decisions.