to win over
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3.3
- phrasal verb
- /wɪn ˈoʊvər/
:
convencer
- All the while, French efforts to win over the local population are failing.
- win over people
- win over critics
- try to win over
So along with being a regular girl, Phaera's role is to win over Tarkine.
- So along with being a regular girl, Phaera's role is to win over Tarkine.
- The unbothered woman who doesn't care will always win over the one who chases.
- They had planned to attack, go in and then win over the hearts and minds of the Cubans.
- I've definitely won over audiences of wine drinkers with this beer.
- And as the golden child, it may feel as though their sole job is to do good to keep winning over the narcissistic parent.
- Others will work themselves to the bone in an attempt to win over a parent who was eternally invalidating.
- But I've seen too many women lose themselves in trying to hold on or impress or win over a man, all right.
- But she won over Murakami, and if Murakami has no haters, I am dead.
- All all of these things, but if I'm being honest, Amazon is not exactly have a track record of winning over people in terms of trust.
- The problem for EV manufacturers, according to NPR, is that mainstream buyers are much harder to win over.
- And how do you win over someone who really hates a lot of your ideas but might actually believe in some of your policies?
Examples
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The candidate gave an inspiring speech to win over the voters before the election.
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Even the most objectivable critics were soon won over by his charm.
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- Well, how do you win over a girl?
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For now, start by winning over the press.
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Then you must win over the aunt, not the girl.
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This might just be enough to win over the guests at the gala.
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Roy, that is a wonderful way to win over your children.
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The eminent good sense of what Jim was saying seemed to win over everyone else.
Fiction book (1999) -
For a moment, it seemed as if he had won over the physicist to his point of view.
Fiction book (1999) -
They had planned to attack, go in and then win over the hearts and minds of the Cubans.
Synonyms
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2.7
Make someone believe something is true or agree to do something
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2.7
To make someone agree or do something by giving reasons
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4.5
Change your religion, or persuade someone else to do this
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3.6
To cause someone to change their opinion or decision
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6.7
To persuade someone to do something after repeated effort
18
3.0
Make someone think differently about something
4
7.7
To persuade someone who does not want to do something to do it
To persuade someone to accept your idea or plan
Make someone change their opinion or decision
Persuade someone to do what you want
Antonyms
How Persuasive
Surface Forms
Morphology
win + over
The sense 'to persuade someone to support you' is partially derivable because 'win' means to gain and the particle 'over' suggests movement or transfer to one side, so learners who know the constituents can often guess the general idea. However, the specific phrasal-verb usage (persuade/get someone onto your side) is a metaphorical extension and the particle's contribution is not fully predictable without exposure, so it is not fully transparent.
Etymology
The phrasal verb win over comes from a simple image: you win someone and bring them over to your side, as if pulling them across a line. That's why it means 'to persuade someone to support you or be on your side'.