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Collocations for persuade - verb

ADVERB

successfully
almost
eventually, finally, ultimately
quickly
easily
She was easily persuaded to accompany us.
gently
Dictators can sometimes be gently persuaded to leave power with special deals that guarantee their safety.
somehow
He somehow persuaded the studio to let him make the movie.

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VERB + persuade

attempt to, seek to, try to, work to
hope to
be able to, be unable to, can
manage to
He eventually managed to persuade the caretaker to let him in.
help (to)
be difficult to
fail to

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PREPOSITION

into
She was persuaded into buying an expensive dress.
of
We must persuade the government of the need for change.
out of (esp. BrE)
There was no way to persuade him out of it.
Why not invite Larry, if he can be persuaded out of hibernation?

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PHRASES

an attempt to persuade sb, an effort to persuade sb
an unsuccessful attempt to persuade her colleagues
be fully persuaded
I am not fully persuaded by these arguments.
be reluctantly persuaded
I was reluctantly persuaded to join the committee.
have difficulty (in) persuading sb
They had difficulty in persuading the two sides to sit down together.

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Persuade is used with these nouns as the object:
audience, cabinet, consumer, court, judge, jury, minister, shopper, voter

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