'V n into -ing' - Construction 5
| Name: | the charm someone into doing something construction |
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| Description: | A person causes another person to follow a course of action using deceptively positive affect. |
| Verbs: | beguile, bribe, cajole, charm, coax, entice, flatter, lull, sweet talk, tempt |
| Example: | Orpheus used a lyre to charm the denizens of hell into giving him back his lady. (BNC) |
| Membership: | Cause someone to do; deception; positive affect |
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