soften up (English, verb)
expansion: soften up (third-person singular simple present softens up, present participle softening up, simple past and past participle softened up)
Senses:
glosses: To make softer.
glosses: To appease someone in order to make them more receptive to an idea or proposal.
tags: broadly
idiomatic
glosses: To become less committed to something.
Forms:
form: softens up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: softening up
tags: participle
present
form: softened up
tags: participle
past
form: softened up
tags: past