"soften up" meaning in Anglais

See soften up in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-soften up.ogg
  1. Attendrir, ramollir.
    Sense id: fr-soften_up-en-verb-thkI1UKt Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Attendrir. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: fr-soften_up-en-verb-qllPfaCQ Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire, Métaphores en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: soften

Inflected forms

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