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Jawbone Jaw Bon Verb Attempt Persuasion Force Matter Jawboned

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(JAW-bon), verb

To attempt to get someone to do something through persuasion rather than by force.

No matter how much he JAWBONED, Karl could not get Alison to sell her stock prior to the unveiling of the company’s disastrous new line of parvenu fashion.

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