"jolly along" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jollies along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jollying along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jollied along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jollied along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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      },
      "expansion": "jolly along (third-person singular simple present jollies along, present participle jollying along, simple past and past participle jollied along)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep (someone) happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery."
      ],
      "id": "en-jolly_along-en-verb-ee~8dtpa",
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ],
        [
          "compliant",
          "compliant"
        ],
        [
          "encouragement",
          "encouragement"
        ],
        [
          "flattery",
          "flattery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To keep (someone) happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "word": "jolly along"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jollies along",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jollying along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jollied along",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jollied along",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "jolly along (third-person singular simple present jollies along, present participle jollying along, simple past and past participle jollied along)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"along\"",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "When there was a shipping delay, the salesman jollied the purchasing agent along to keep him from canceling the order.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To keep (someone) happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happy",
          "happy"
        ],
        [
          "compliant",
          "compliant"
        ],
        [
          "encouragement",
          "encouragement"
        ],
        [
          "flattery",
          "flattery"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, informal) To keep (someone) happy or compliant, as by encouragement or flattery."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "informal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "word": "jolly along"
}