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In natural English speech, "coax" appears in contexts such as: "washing bottles and um you know preparing you know meals and trying to coax my kids to eat those meals. Um and um you know it can it can feel it can feel like I don't know it's it's hard you know it's it's hard it's hard being um a parent sometimes. It's wonderful. It's joyful. It's beautiful as well but". Listen to the exact timestamped clip in the accompanying video with synchronized subtitles.

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washing bottles and um you know preparing you know meals and trying to

coax my kids to eat those meals. Um and um you know it can it can feel it can

feel like I don't know it's it's hard you know it's it's hard it's hard being um a parent sometimes. It's wonderful. It's joyful. It's beautiful as well but

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verb

To fondle, kid, pet, tease.

Synonyms:caress grope touch up canoodle

verb

To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.

“She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.”

Synonyms:cajole canoodle persuade tease

noun

A simpleton; a dupe.

“Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory”

adjective

Clipping of coaxial.

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